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Statistics About New York Truck Accidents Fail To Tell The Whole Story Statistics about truck accidents provide important information to government agencies, insurance companies and trucking businesses. The numbers allow these organizations to plan, budget and develop...
Crane Accidents: Facts and Statistics Cranes are an important facet of any construction site––using their hooks and booms, cranes help transport large and heavy materials across the work site. Although cranes serve to make workers’ lives easier and help perform work...
Deaths from work-related incidents in the construction industry are on the rise, according to a recently-released report by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health (NYCOSH). The annual report, titled Deadly Skyline, reveals disturbing trends in...
The state of New York provides voluminous statistics on a wide range of health topics. One of these relates to traumatic brain injury (TBI) one of the most common consequences of motor vehicle accidents, falls from heights, slip and falls on dangerous premises, and...
Know Your Rights: How the Law Protects Workers Injured in Sandblasting Accidents If you work in construction or manufacturing, you’ve likely navigated the complicated and dangerous world of sandblasting. For those who operate the complex machinery needed for...
Scaffold Collapse: Causes and Legal Next Steps in New York Accidents related to scaffolding continue to cause serious harm year after year. According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), scaffolding accidents are linked to an average of 50...
Liability in T-Bone Crashes Sadly, T-bone collisions are both frequent and dangerous enough that they are one of the most lethal types of accidents that occur on the road. In 2020, broadside collisions accounted for 23% of all vehicle occupant deaths in the United...
On Wednesday, July 26 just before 7:30 A.M., bystanders on Manhattan’s West Side beheld a terrifying sight: a crane on fire, forty-five stories high, issuing a thick black rope of smoke into the sky. The crane, holding a construction worker, was stationed at 550 10th...
On Tuesday, July 11, a mason worker fell while walking on defective scaffolding at a high-rise building in Midtown Manhattan. According to Patch, officials from the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) and the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) said the...
Joseph Kelly of West Islip, New York tragically lost his life on the morning of July 3 after a garbage truck unexpectedly collided with his car in a violent five-vehicle crash. According to ABC news, the accident occurred just before 9 a.m. on Monday in the Town of...
