Dropped Loads From Trucks or Cranes "Significant and serious injuries may occur if cranes are not inspected before use and if they are not used properly. Often these injuries occur when a worker is struck by an overhead load or caught within the crane's swing radius."...
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INHERENT RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION CRANES
Heavy equipment is a necessary part of the construction industry and crane accidents are responsible for a large portion of construction injuries and deaths each year. Cranes are complex machines that many individuals are peripherally aware of but few have experience...
Injured Worker Rescued from Crane in White Plains
In downtown White Plains, a dramatic scene unfolded in the summer sky: On Wednesday, August 9, an injured construction worker descended through the air, dangling from a safety harness. ABC reports that the worker fell during his shift on a crane boom, sustaining a...
Crane Collapses and Catches Fire in Hell’s Kitchen
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...
Examples of Pain and Suffering Verdicts and Settlements
Examples of Pain and Suffering Recoveries Personal injury lawsuits end with a final dollar amount, so it's easy to forget that this number typically contains distinct legal categories. This distinction reflects the twofold impact that a personal injury victim can...
Westchester Crane Collapse Hospitalizes Two Workers
Around 12:30 p.m. on Friday, the construction site of a planned Amazon warehouse in Hawthorne, New York turned unexpectedly tragic after a crane collapsed, injuring two construction workers. News 12 Westchester reported that both people were hospitalized; one required...
Struck-By Accidents
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...
Forklift Accidents
Forklift Accidents Forklifts are one of the most commonplace work vehicles, used everywhere from heavy construction sites to shipping warehouses. While their frequency may make them seem safer than larger equipment like towering cranes and churning cement mixers,...
Construction Vehicle Accidents
Construction Vehicle Accidents Construction vehicle accidents can reap devastating injury and death to pedestrians, motorists, and construction workers. With churning machinery, tons of metal, and powerful machinations, companies need to make sure they are protecting...
Bronx Crane Collapse Slices Car in Half in Terrifying Video
A 22-year old woman was driving on Bedford Park Boulevard, when suddenly her car was smashed in half by a boom of hulking steel. It was all caught on tape when a crane toppled at a construction site yesterday morning. The ongoing 11-story residential building...
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