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Too often we highlight instances where workers are exploited because they did not receive the proper safety equipment. Too often when that happens, the consequences are tragic and lives are lost. But today, we are pleased to report about a story coming out of Texas...
On July 11, 2023 shortly after 11:00 AM, the Fire Department of Long Beach, NY was notified that a male construction worker fell from scaffolding at 100 E Broadway, located at the intersection of East Broadway and Riverside Boulevard. The man, who fell approximately...
On the morning of April 24, at around 6:45 a.m., a construction worker was performing their job at an NYU Langone Hospital in Manhattan. According to the Daily News, the worker fell down a garbage chute from the upper levels of the building. Fortunately, he survived...
Important Next Steps After a Ladder Fall In 2020 alone, 22,710 workers were injured by ladder falls, in professions spanning from maintenance work to teaching. Ladder fatalities continue to be an issue, with a steady number of injuries happening each year in every...
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...
A construction worker tragically fell from scaffolding to his death at an Upper West Side apartment building on the morning of November 28, 2022. The 36-year-old worker was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. The accident reportedly occurred around...
A frightening accident occurred at around 8:30 a.m. on Friday, December 10, 2021, when a window washer fell from the 12th floor of a high-rise building to a second-floor balcony below. He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. The window washer, identified as Diego...
On the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, a painter was tragically killed and another was injured when the two fell from the Manhattan Bridge. The two men were reportedly working on painting the Manhattan side of the bridge when they fell. The victim who lost his...
A construction worker was seriously injured after he fell down a 14-foot hole at a construction site in Suffolk County, Long Island on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. The reason why the man fell down the hole is unknown; it was reported that the accident occurred around 2:00...
A construction worker was tragically killed on Thursday, May 27, 2021 when he fell from the roof of a building he was working on in Brooklyn. He was breaking apart a section of the roof when the floor collapsed under him. A bystander who saw the accident said that “he...
