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An early morning construction accident in New York City sent three construction workers to local hospitals suffering from serious, life-threatening injuries. The men were working on a jobsite in Brooklyn-near the Gowanus Expressway-around 9AM on May 9th when tragedy...
A new analysis of data concerning construction accidents in New York City shows that small job sites are the most dangerous. The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) gathered the latest available information from the period between 2010 and 2014 and correlated the...
A deadly crane accident in New York City killed one construction worker and injured three others. The massive construction crane collapsed onto a New York City street on February 5th crushing 50 cars and blocking the street for days. New York City mayor Bill de Blasio...
A construction accident in Manhattan sent one worker to the hospital with severe injuries on the morning of Wednesday Jan. 27. The unnamed individual was part of a crew working on the remodel of a building in Chelsea when, at around 8:30 in the morning, he fell four...
Data collected by the New York City Department of Buildings showed that construction accidents in New York City increased dramatically over the course of last year. In fact, the number of construction accidents within city limits jumped nearly 45%. Many safety...
Falling object accidents in New York can be fatal at job sites around the city. One lucky construction worker escaped with his life though seriously injured from his recent accident. Earlier this month an unnamed construction worker was rushed to the hospital with...
One man was killed and another injured in a terrible construction accident in Manhattan on November 20th. The two men were part of a construction crew demolishing an older building in Midtown when the building collapsed on top of them, trapping them under tons of...
Falling objects at construction sites in New York are one of the most injurious types of accidents that workers face on a daily basis. This is a fact that two men learned the hard way on November 2. The individuals were working with a crew in the basement of a...
A construction trench collapse in New York that claimed the life of a 22-year old worker early this spring has resulted in manslaughter charges for two of the contracting companies that were in charge of the jobsite. Carlos Moncayo became the 18th construction worker...
Passersby were shocked by a spectacular construction accident in Manhattan late last month. A multi-ton crane toppled into the city street, crushing a NYPD van in the process. The massive tracked-vehicle, a "Casa Grande" drilling machine, was entering a construction...