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Last week, an unidentified construction worker employed was performing carpentry work on the twelfth floor of the new JPMorgan Chase headquarters at 270 Park Avenue. Witnesses recalled that as he was working, the man suddenly lost his balance and fell through an open...
Struck-By Accidents Struck-by accidents are a tragically common occurrence in the workplace. Swinging, falling, flying, and rolling objects pose a serious danger to those working on construction sites. Despite their frequency and severity, accidents such as these are...
Falling Debris Accidents Employers have a responsibility to protect the safety and health of those who work for them and the public. Under New York law, construction site owners and contractors may be held responsible for workers injured by falling debris and other...
Early Tuesday morning, a construction worker plunged fifteen feet to the bottom of a deep trench on a construction site located on East 20th Street. The man was working inside a pit completing waterproofing work when he suddenly slipped and tumbled off the ladder he...
On Thursday, December 15, 2022, yet another construction worker fell to his death -- this time outside of a building in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn. Shortly after 1:00 p.m., the worker, in his 50s, fell from scaffolding on the third floor of the building on...
$3,250,000 Settlement for a Plumber Who Fell From an Unsecured Ladder Our client was subcontracted as a plumber for the construction of a new building in Manhattan. He was instructed to work from an unsecured ladder and fell, resulting in permanent injuries to his...
$1,800,000 Settlement for 43-Year-Old Laborer Injured at a Construction Site in New York’s Financial District A 43-year-old laborer was hired by a third-party construction company to clean up the construction area on the 26th floor of a 37-story building in New York’s...
Construction Safety Week runs during the first week of May each year. Since 2014, this initiative has been working to create a stronger, safer workplace. We would like to take the last day of this year’s awareness campaign to remind our community to stay safe on and...
At around 8:30 am on February 26, 2021, a 52-year-old construction worker was tragically killed in a work site accident. The incident occurred at NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Center on East 41st Street, where the victim had been working on the 16th floor. He reported...
Causes of Construction Accidents To achieve and maintain worksite safety, employers need to understand the most common causes of construction accidents and how to prevent them. Otherwise, workers can be seriously injured or even killed in construction site accidents...
