Construction Accidents

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...

Tragic Death of Worker Caused by Roof Collapse in Woodbury

In a grave turn of events, a construction worker lost his life on Thursday after the roof of a new building collapsed in Woodbury, New York. CBS reports that the accident occurred around 9 a.m. at the Jericho Water District Facility, located on Stillwell Lane in...

Two Workers Hospitalized After Orchard Beach Ceiling Collapse

On the morning of Thursday, July 13, two workers at a construction site in Orchard Beach were seriously injured by a large piece of concrete that fell onto them after a ceiling collapsed. Local reports state that the accident took place around 11 a.m. According to New...

Worker Injured on Faulty Scaffolding in Midtown

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...

Manhattan Construction Worker Survives 15-Foot Fall

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...

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...

Brooklyn Construction Worker Lungo Oleg Crushed in Fatal Crane Accident

A Brooklyn construction worker lost his life on Thursday in yet another tragic New York crane accident. Lungo Oleg, 36, was working to unload steel beams during the construction of a strip mall when he was crushed to death in Hudson Valley, New York. Oleg was working...

Worker Rescued From 10-Foot Trench After Collapse in the Bronx

A construction worker was rescued from a 10-foot deep trench in the Bronx after it collapsed on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. The worker, who is still unidentified, had been trying to clear a waste pipe at a construction site in the Riverdale section of the...

Diego Rodriguez Celi Dies in Fall from High-Rise in Dumbo

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...

Long Island Worker Victor Irizarry Dies of CO Poisoning

Victor Irizarry, a 30-year-old worker, tragically died on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021 while on his Long Island work site of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. Irizarry, who was an employee of Suffolk Excavating, was working on a residential work site in Fort Salonga, Long...

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Construction Accidents

Injured Worker Rescued from Crane in White Plains

Tragic Death of Worker Caused by Roof Collapse in Woodbury

Two Workers Hospitalized After Orchard Beach Ceiling Collapse

Worker Injured on Faulty Scaffolding in Midtown

Manhattan Construction Worker Survives 15-Foot Fall

Bronx Crane Collapse Slices Car in Half in Terrifying Video

Brooklyn Construction Worker Lungo Oleg Crushed in Fatal Crane Accident

Worker Rescued From 10-Foot Trench After Collapse in the Bronx

Diego Rodriguez Celi Dies in Fall from High-Rise in Dumbo

Long Island Worker Victor Irizarry Dies of CO Poisoning

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