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Mar

Protect Yourself! Fall Prevention Tips for Construction Workers

Working in construction can be very rewarding, but it can also be dangerous. Construction injuries and fatalities from falls on a site account for 25% of the construction accidents in New York. These falls are costly and often deadly – and they are completely preventable. If you wo...

Mar

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...

Mar

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 ...

Mar

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 ...

Mar

What Are The Main Causes Of Accidents On Construction Sites?

Across the United States, millions of wage-earners work in the construction industry and go to a construction site five or more days a week. Construction is one of the most dangerous lines of work there is. In fact, construction workers sustain considerably more injuries than peo...

Mar

NYC Deaths From Construction Accidents are on The Rise

At St. Patrick’s Cathedral late in April, a bell tolled and echoed, and hard hats were placed next to sixteen roses on sixteen empty seats at the altar. The bell tolled for the sixteen construction workers who had died in the previous twelve months in New York City and for those ...

Mar

Construction Accident: Two Workers Injured in Partial Collapse at One Vanderbilt Construction Site in Manhattan

Two construction workers were injured on Friday morning at the One Vanderbilt construction site in Midtown, Manhattan. The workers were in the process of removing a piece of the ceiling when a wall collapsed onto them. According to building collapse attorneys and news sources, th...

Mar

Safe Operations of Cranes in Construction: A Must for Every Construction Project

As crane accident lawyers, we can tell you that cranes were made to assist in construction projects as a way to lift, lower, and move materials. Cranes were not designed to claim the lives of construction workers. Following the standards on crane safety and inspections requiremen...

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