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Aug
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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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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Aug
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...
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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...
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Aug
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...
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Aug
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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