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A deadly scaffolding accident in Brooklyn claimed the life of a window washer early on the morning of May 18th. The man, whose name was not immediately released to the press, was working on scaffolding above the sidewalk at the corner of Jay and Johnson Streets in...
A dangerous construction accident in Brooklyn sent one worker to the hospital after a large wooden crate fell from a crane. The falling objects accident in Bedford-Stuyvesant happened just after noon on Monday April 24th. The crane's payload contained several heavy...
A dangerous construction accident in Brooklyn sent one worker to the hospital after a large wooden crate fell from a crane. The falling objects accident in Bedford-Stuyvesant happened just after noon on Monday April 24th. The crane's payload contained several heavy...
A New York City construction accident investigators are calling completely "preventable" claimed the life of a man at a jobsite in Times Square earlier this week. 59-year old Jose Cruz was working 18-feet above the pavement at 1604 Broadway around midday on Wednesday...
A construction accident in New York City sent one person to the hospital after inhaling toxic smoke. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning (roughly 4 AM) in the high rise Trump International Hotel in Manhattan. Reports show that a malfunctioning...
A construction worker was injured at a jobsite in Manhattan earlier this month when he dove out of the way to avoid being struck by a crane. This latest crane accident in New York City has a relatively happy ending though-while the man was transported to a nearby...
A new report shows that the number of fatal construction accidents in New York City has dramatically increased over the past few years as the number of building site inspections has decreased. Experts say that the lack of oversite has allowed contractors and...
An early morning construction accident in Williamsburg Brooklyn left a 59-year old veteran construction worker dead. On the morning of December 9th the victim was reported glazing windows on the exterior of the building undergoing massive renovations at the site of...
A tragic construction accident in New York City has claimed the lives of two workers at a jobsite in Queens. The individuals were crushed by a 6,500 pound steel beam that fell as it was being lifted by a crane. The first victim, 47-year old George Smith, was operating...
Sidewalk sheds are erected all over New York City for the safety of pedestrians. They're designed to protect people from falling debris at job sites. Unfortunately, many of those sheds outlive their usefulness or are constructed improperly to begin with and pose...