17
Jun
Ladder Hazards On NYC Construction Sites
Ladders are common and absolutely necessary at construction sites, yet despite their frequent use and familiarity, ladders can pose serious dangers. If you work in the construction industry, or if you work anywhere ladders are used in New York, you need to know your risks and more...
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Jun
Press Conference Media Alert For Historic Verdict Against The City Of New York
On Wednesday, April 4, 2018, LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL S. LAMONSOFF will hold a press conference at it's offices at 32 Old Slip, New York, NY 10005 regarding its sixteen-million-dollar verdict last Friday Against the City of New York for the repeated sexual assault of Neveah T...
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Jun
The Hazards Of Fires And Explosions On New York City Construction Sites
If you are a construction worker in New York City, you are at risk from fires and explosions at construction sites. Sadly, these tragic incidents happen more frequently than you might think. Everyone knows that construction work is dangerous work. 775 construction-related deaths w...
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Jun
How To File A Construction Injury Claim In New York City
Thousands are employed at New York construction sites. It’s dangerous work. If you need to file a construction injury claim in this state, our construction accident attorneys in New York will offer you some tips. Despite all of the laws, regulations, safety programs, and inspectio...
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Jun
Falling Objects On Construction Sites – How Dangerous Are They?
Construction workers know exactly how dangerous construction work is, and they know that falling objects are one of the most dangerous parts of the job. Construction workers are injured by tools, equipment, and sometimes even by other construction workers falling from heights. At...
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17
Jun
Is Construction Machinery Dangerous?
In the year 2015, across the United States, 937 construction workers died on the job. And in the years 2007 through 2014, an average of twenty construction workers were killed in accidents at construction sites each year in New York City. Thousands more are disabled or seriously...
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17
Jun
Electrical Injuries On Construction Sites
If you’ve worked in construction for any length of time, you already know about the danger that electricity poses to construction workers. What are the statistics on construction-related electrical injuries and deaths? What is the risk to construction workers in New York? If a cons...
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Jun
City Council Passes Revised Construction Safety Bill
Manuel Colorado, 36, lost his balance doing construction work in Brooklyn and fell 19 feet to his death. Only days later, 58-year-old Gurmeet Singh died after falling eight stories off a scaffold in Manhattan, and twelve days after that, Lukasz Stolarski, who was 31, died when he...
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Jun
Does New York City Care About The Safety Of Construction Sites?
Is the New York City Council putting special interests ahead of the safety of New York City’s construction workers? That is the opinion of the editorial writers at the New York Post regarding an acrimonious construction safety proposal that has publicly opened up verbal hostility...
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Jun
Can a Third Party Be Liable For a Construction Accident?
According to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, across the United States in July 2017, more than 6. 8 million workers were employed in the construction industry. Construction is dangerous. In fact, more job-related deaths happen in construction than in any other line of work in...
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