New York Labor Law on βConstruction, Demolition and Excavationβ Activities
For a number of work activities including excavation, demolition and certain kinds of construction activities, New York labor law provides a range of safeguards that have to be applied to such types of work. Let’s take a closer look at how New York lawmakers have provided for worker safety. Pedestrian Areas One part of the NY labor law on excavation and other similar work activities involves pedestrian areas: βWhere pedestrians use an existing public sidewalk or other public thoroughfareβ¦(near a work site)β¦, the side of such existing thoroughfare which is next to or faces toward the work shall be protected or guarded. Such protection shall