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...
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Construction Worker Falls 25 Feet Into Nassau County Pit
On Monday, July 6, 2020, a Long Island construction worker was seriously injured when he fell 25 feet into a large foundation pit in Glen Head, New York. According to Nassau County Police, it happened around 11:15 a.m. at the construction site on 162 Linden Lane. An...
Construction Worker Falls To His Death From Scaffolding In Brooklyn
In a tragic reminder of the dangers facing New York City construction workers, a 58-year-old construction worker died after falling from scaffolding on the outside of a Brooklyn building. As reported in the New York Post, the man was performing work on a building on...
Construction Worker Falls Five Stories, Is Impaled By Rebar At A Manhattan Building Near Union Square
A frightening New York City construction accident happened yesterday, Wednesday January 27, 2016, at approximately 8:25a.m. The worker, whose name has yet to be revealed, was performing work at 34 West 17th Street in Manhattan, a 12-story building currently under...
Construction Worker Falls 40 Feet in Terrifying Hudson Yards Accident
A construction worker plummeted as much as 40 feet to the ground from a luxury apartment building complex that was being constructed as part of Manhattan's Hudson Yards project. Details of this harrowing accident are still emerging. The worker fell from the 2nd floor...
Construction Worker Falls Through Scaffold Outside Dream Hotel in Fatal Accident
The New York lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy continue to follow the harrowing details of a fatal construction accident that took place this week at the Dream Hotel in midtown Manhattan. The investigation is ongoing but details are slowly beginning to emerge. The...
New Jersey Construction Worker Falls From Pulaski Skyway
A worker who fell about 25 feet from the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City miraculously landed on his feet and broke no bones, according to officials. Witnesses said the construction accident occurred when the man fell feet first to a ramp closed because of the ongoing...
Construction Worker Falls from Throgs Neck Bridge
Emergency crews including police marine units, fire, Coast Guard, and helicopters had to be called on after a construction worker fell into the water from the Throgs Neck Bridge. According to NBC New York, the worker was apparently changing his harness when the...
How Does Workers’ Compensation Work?
How Does Workers' Compensation Work? Workers' compensation is an insurance program that provides benefits to workers who are injured while performing their job duties. If a worker becomes injured while on the job, he or she is entitled to financial compensation to...
NYC Construction Accidents up 17%, Fatalities Doubled in 2018
By December 1st of 2018, New York City construction workers and supervisors will be required to have logged an additional 40 and 62 hours of safety training respectively to comply with the recently passed bill known as Local Law 196. Employers need to provide this...
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