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NYC Construction Deaths Reached a Three-Year High in 2022

According to an alarming new report from the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB), New York City's construction workers have suffered their highest death rate in three years. In 2022, eleven workers lost their lives in construction accidents across the city, a...

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Worker Falls to Death From Roof in Glen Cove

On April 14, 2023, a construction worker named Noe Diaz-Gamez was tragically killed after falling through a roof he had been working on in Glen Cove, New York. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and loved ones, as the death of a 26-year-old is a profound and...

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Two Workers Killed in Trench Accident at JFK Airport

On Monday morning around 11:00 a.m., two construction workers performing utility work at John F. Kennedy Airport became trapped in a 30-foot trench when a concrete slab fell on top of them. After being pulled from the rubble, the two men were tragically pronounced...

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3 Workers Injured in One Vanderbilt Elevator Fall

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, three elevator mechanics were injured when an elevator car they were performing maintenance on suddenly fell three stories. New York City’s Department of Buildings (DOB) is investigating the accident. The incident occurred at the city’s...

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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...

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Head-On Collision in Upstate New York Leaves Six Dead

Around 6:00 am on Saturday, a fatal collision occurred in upstate New York involving a box truck and an express bus. The 2013 express bus, affiliated with central New York solar energy company LBFNY, was carrying 15 passengers as it made its way down Highway 37, just...

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