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BRONX: Scaffolding Collapse Seriously Injured Pedestrian In Norwood

Scaffolding Accident Seriously Injures Woman Walking With Her Children  BRONX, NEW YORK (February 24, 2017) – A scaffolding accident in the Bronx left a woman walking her two children seriously injured as she was walking in Norwood, according to NBC News. Paramedics rushed to the scene of the accident and came across a female pedestrian that was bleeding from the head. She was transported to the hospital in stable condition. The identity of the 39-year-old victim has not been released. Her two children did not appear to be harmed following the collapse. Authorities are still trying to determine what caused the collapse. The sidewalk was sectioned

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BRONX: Scaffolding Accident Leaves Woman Seriously Injured After High Winds Cause Collapse

Scaffolding Accident Seriously Injures Woman Walking With Her Children  BRONX, NEW YORK (February 24, 2017) – A woman walking down the sidewalk on 3160 Webster Ave. near E. 205th St. in Norwood was seriously injured after a scaffold hit her in the head following heavy winds, according to NBC News. Emergency medical workers rushed to the scene of the accident and came across the woman and her two children. The two children did not appear to have been harmed by the fall. Police are continuing to investigate what happened. Scaffolding accidents can be caused my many different factors including failing to secure lose parts of

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BRONX: Mother of Two Children Injured After High Winds Cause Scaffolding Collapse

Scaffolding Accident Seriously Injures Woman Walking With Her Children  BRONX, NEW YORK (February 24, 2017) – A woman walking down a street in the Bronx was hit in the head after scaffolding collapsed due to high winds, according to police. Paramedics rushed to the scene of the accident and found the woman bleeding from the head. The collapse occurred at 3160 Webster Ave. near E. 205th St. in Norwood. The woman’s two children were with here when the scaffolding collapsed, but they were not injured. The pedestrian was rushed to to St. Barnabas Hospital and was listed in stable condition. People who work at the agency said

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BRONX: Woman Hit In The Head With Scaffolding After High Winds Caused Collapse

Scaffolding Accident Seriously Injures Woman Walking With Her Children  BRONX, NEW YORK (February 24, 2017) – A mother that was walking with her kids was seriously injured after a scaffolding collapsed and hit her in the head, according to ABC News. The 39-year-old victim has yet to be identified. Neither of her two children sustained injuries following the collapse. Paramedics rushed the woman the  St. Barnabas Hospital. Heavy winds seem to have contributed to the accident. The Bedford Housing Development project which worked on the scaffolding had previously received a safety violation in August. Our staff at the RMFW Law Firm were deeply saddened to

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Chautauqua County: Arthur McArthur Killed In Fatal Ambulance Accident After Driver Fell Asleep

PATIENT KILLED IN FATAL ACCIDENT AFTER AMBULANCE DRIVER FELL ASLEEP  Chautauqua County, New York (February 24, 2017) – A man being transported to a nursing home was tragically killed after the ambulance driver that was transporting him fell asleep behind the wheel. Authorities have identified the 77-year-old nursing home patient as Arthur McArthur. The driver of the ambulance appears to have hit a culvert before the deadly crash. Am EMT that was assisting the patient in the back of the ambulance sustained non-life threatening injures following the crash. Arthur was being move to a rehabilitation nursing home prior to the fatal accident. It remains unclear

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Chautauqua County: Arthur McArthur Dies In Car Crash After EmeregyCare Ambulance Careens Into Ditch

PATIENT KILLED IN FATAL ACCIDENT AFTER AMBULANCE DRIVER FELL ASLEEP  Chautauqua County, New York (February 24, 2017) – An ambulance driver fell asleep and crashed into a ditch in a crash that injured an EMT and killed a 77-year-old nursing home patient. It does not appear as though the driver oft the ambulance has been arrested. The patient that died has been identified as Arthur McArthur. The ambulance appears to have hit something before crashing into a ditch. The patient was being moved to a nursing home. Police will continue to conduct a thorough investigation into the crash. It was around 5:20 PM at the

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Chautauqua County: Arthur McArthur Killed In Car Accident After Driver Fell Asleep And Crashed

PATIENT KILLED IN FATAL ACCIDENT AFTER AMBULANCE DRIVER FELL ASLEEP  Chautauqua County, New York (February 24, 2017) –  A 77-year-old patient that was being transported from a hospital in Pennsylvania was tragically killed after the driver of an ambulance transporting him fell asleep. Police tested the woman that was driving the ambulance for drugs and alcohol, but the results of those tests have not come back yet. Ahorities have been able to identify the patient that was killed as Arthur McArthur. He was being transported from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to a nursing and rehabilitation center. It appears as though the accident took

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DUNKIRK: Deadly Car Collision Kills Ambulance Patient Arthur McArthur

PATIENT KILLED IN FATAL ACCIDENT AFTER AMBULANCE DRIVER FELL ASLEEP  Chautauqua County, New York (February 24, 2017) – A 77-year-old patient was killed after the ambulance driver that was transporting him to a local area hospital fell asleep and crashed into a ditch, according to the Daily Mail. Authorities have been able to identify the patient that died as Arthur McArthur. The crash happened at around 5:40 PM on Tuesday in the town of Dunkirk. The ambulance driver is telling authorities that she fell asleep behind the wheel. Emergency medical workers rushed to the scene of the accident and pronounced McArthur deceased. An investigation into the

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FAQs about Farm Accidents in New York Part II

According to recent statistics from the US Health and Safety Authority, 18 fatalities were reported in agriculture in 2015 while 30 were reported in 2014. Agriculture holds the record for having the highest fatality numbers above all other sectors for the sixth year in a row. In 2015, 55 deaths were caused by work-related accidents which, according to the HAS, is the exact number as 2014. Across all sectors, vehicle-involved incidents were the main cause of fatal workplace accidents – a total of 21, reports the HAS. All these numbers show that farming is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States.

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