Breaking Down NY Scaffolding Accidents
We know that ladder and scaffold accidents are a major cause of injury at construction sites around the country. We also know that New York has one of the strictest scaffold laws on the books. But how does this really affect safety on the job? The Construction Industry Partnership (CIP) has published a paper called […]
NY Construction is Less Safe Than 7 Years Ago, Crain’s Says
You would think that job safety is something that gets better over time. Every year, federal safety agencies and other groups work hard to promote safety practices in the workplace and more data about the biggest risks in various industries is made available for review. Still, workplace safety is not immune to some of the […]
New Yorkers Rally For Construction Safety
In the last federal fiscal year, there were 18 workers killed at construction job sites in New York City. This was an increase compared with 12 worker fatalities in the prior federal fiscal year, and 7 deaths two years prior. The increase in fatalities at construction sites throughout the city has prompted concerns among workers, […]
OSHA Details 6 Top Hazards for Construction Workers
In order to really understand the need for workplace safety in construction, you have to understand some of the biggest hazards and risks that workers deal with on a regular basis. Personal injury lawyers typically understand these types of risks, but for others, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has listed the types of […]
Construction Accidents Rose in 2015
There has been a substantial increase in the number of construction-related accidents and injuries in New York. As the construction industry has improved, increased development has helped to drive the rise in accident rates. More construction, however, should not mean more injuries or more fatalities if proper safety precautions are followed. The commissioner of the […]
Retaliation Can Cover Up Violations
Experienced personal injury lawyers often see various kinds of trends in the legal field. Some trends relate to scaffolding issues, trip and fall accidents, lack of personal protective equipment or other issues, while other trends relate to what happens after an injury is reported. In some ways, you can think of injury response as being […]
“Completely Avoidable” Deaths? NYT on NY Construction Hazard
Many people may not realize it, but unfortunately, all signs are pointing to a construction boom that’s causing more construction accidents and fatalities around the state. Last November, a New York Times story painted this picture in a chilling and disturbing way. The story begins with a 36-year-old worker, who fell 19 feet to his […]
Recovering from Third Parties
Some people think of a work injury case as a very basic equation where a worker simply tries to collect from his or her employer after an accident. However, these types of cases are often a little more complicated than that. There are any number of third parties that may have responsibility in a work […]
Daily Site Inspections
In various types of construction jobs, the outcome of many safety-related issues come down to something very simple – the need to have someone monitoring or inspecting the site and walking around the work area on a regular basis. In reality, companies really shouldn’t wait for outside auditors to come in and look at how […]
Do You Do Windows?
When individuals who don’t live in New York City think about the city, they’re likely to picture big, tall, towering buildings and workers scaling great heights to use squeegees on all of those windows that go up so many stories. In fact, a lot of people visiting the city remark on this amazing kind of […]
