Premier NY Personal Injury Lawyers
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...
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...
Three days after the deadly collapse of a parking garage in Lower Manhattan, cleanup crews are still working to clear massive amounts of debris from the scene. Due to the extent of the damage, the cleanup process can reportedly take up to three weeks. The collapse,...
On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, the upper levels of a five-story parking garage in Lower Manhattan collapsed, tragically killing 59-year-old Willis Moore, the manager of the parking garage, and injuring at least five others. The parking garage, located at 57 Ann Street in...
Last week, an unidentified construction worker employed was performing carpentry work on the twelfth floor of the new JPMorgan Chase headquarters at 270 Park Avenue. Witnesses recalled that as he was working, the man suddenly lost his balance and fell through an open...
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...
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...
On Thursday morning in the Bronx, a construction worker was tragically killed on a job site. At 1861 Carter Ave near East 176th Street in Mount Hope, work ceased when an unidentified man was struck by a digger. Firefighters commented that the worker was pronounced...
At around 11:15 a.m. on December 8, 2022, two individuals fell three stories down an elevator shaft at a Target store in the Bronx. One suffered non-life threatening injuries while the other was left in critical condition. Reports indicate that the two individuals,...
A construction worker tragically fell from scaffolding to his death at an Upper West Side apartment building on the morning of November 28, 2022. The 36-year-old worker was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. The accident reportedly occurred around...
