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Causes of Construction Accidents To achieve and maintain worksite safety, employers need to understand the most common causes of construction accidents and how to prevent them. Otherwise, workers can be seriously injured or even killed in construction site accidents...
New York Construction Accident Resources You Have Rights As a construction worker, you are legally entitled to a safe workplace. Although construction has its risks, you should never feel forced to work in an environment in which you feel unsafe or know there are...
New York Heavy Equipment and Machinery Accidents Lawyer Workers often are required to use heavy machinery and equipment to do their jobs. But given the incredible weight and power of these machines, even a minor mistake or oversight while using this equipment can have...
Construction Site Injuries Construction workers often carry out tasks that come with a certain level of risk, such as lifting heavy objects, operating heavy machinery, and working at heights. Given the dangerous nature of their work, it’s imperative that those...
At around 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2020, five construction workers were tragically injured when a box truck crashed into the crew's flatbed truck. The workers had just parked the flatbed and were beginning their shift when the box truck, owned by Shleppers...
A man named Samuel Charles Waisbren was killed in a tragic elevator accident at the Manhattan Promenade, a residential building located at 344 Third Ave. in Kips Bay, on Thursday, August 22, 2019. Disturbingly, it is being reported that the owners of this building...
Countless hazards exist in the construction industry, but the biggest, by far, is gravity. Falls accounted for nearly half of all construction injuries - and more than one-third of fatalities - in both 2015 and 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)....
Sadly, another worker died earlier this week in a horrific work accident - this time at a luxury apartment high-rise in Hell's Kitchen, as reported by the New York Daily News. Steven Simpson, an electrician, was found dead by a security guard yesterday morning at...
Construction work will often take place during nicer weather. It makes sense. It is much easier to work outside when you don't have to navigate rain, sleet, snow and ice. However, as we make our way through the dog days of summer, it is important to note that...
It should come as no surprise that traumatic brain injuries are a common type of injury sustained by construction workers. After all, we have grown accustomed to hearing about workers who fall 25 or more feet or stories about someone getting hit by a steel beam as it...
