Construction Site Accidents

There are many people in New York who work various jobs at construction sites and there are many different construction projects occurring at any given time. These projects are very important for the city and also very important for the workers. People rely on these...

New York City has experienced a recent number of construction worker fatalities. To reverse this preventable trend of construction site accidents, the New York City of Department of Buildings Commissioner mobilized enforcement inspector teams to engage in safety...

Construction work can be a good way for a person in Brooklyn to earn a living to provide for their family. However, it is also dangerous work, and many construction workers in New York are injured on-the-job. The following is some requirements employers must follow...

When we go to work every day, we seldom think about our mortality or the idea that we could die at work. And, for those of us that work in office buildings, we likely do not have much to worry about. However, for those that work on the mechanics of office buildings,...

Construction seems to be a never-ending process in Brooklyn, whether it is road improvements, erecting new buildings or refurbishing existing buildings. However, construction work is dangerous work and fatalities are common in the construction industry. The scope of...

Many people in the Brooklyn area have a job in construction. Part of every construction site is scaffolding, a necessary construction site piece that allows workers to safely work in higher places. Many construction sites have work that needs to be done at a higher...

Any visit to a construction site reveals the potential dangers faced by workers. Twelve of the 25 most dangerous jobs in this country, based upon fatalities in construction workers’ accidents, are in construction according to a recent report from the business analysis...

When New York residents go out on the job, they expect that their employers have fulfilled their duty to create a safe working environment for them. When this happens, construction workers end up getting injured on the job and some even end up losing their lives in...

If you are a Brooklyn construction worker, you have a lot to worry about regarding the safety hazards on your job. With so much heavy equipment with moving parts and workers hurrying to and fro all over the construction site, there is a lot that could go wrong and...

Many Brooklyn construction workers are completely unaware about a law that is unique to the state of New York — the Scaffold Law. This law holds that a construction company or building owner is completely responsible for all "gravity-related" injuries that occur to...