Category Archives: Construction Accident

The construction industry is no doubt one of the most dangerous industries to work in. Construction sites can be a hotbed for serious accidents that result in tragic injuries, both for workers and passersby. There are many ways in which equipment, tools, or plans may fail, resulting in dangerous risks for workers and anyone else

Inspections performed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) is an integral part of keeping New York City construction sites safe and preventing dangerous construction site accidents. The onset of the coronavirus pandemic has proven that new online technologies can sometimes be utilized to replace in person meetings or visiting locations in order to save time

A disturbing video from Friday, March 10th reveals a 61 year old Brooklyn nurse being fatally run over in a crosswalk by a reversing construction backhoe. Estelle Davis was walking in a crosswalk near New Lots and Van Sinderen on her way to work, while looking down at her phone. She was struck by a

Repairing facades can put construction workers in serious danger, especially when repairing the big buildings in New York City. Worker fatality while repairing facades in New York has been on the rise, not counting the close calls where workers find themselves dangling out of suspended scaffolds. In some cases, construction workers remain dangling in the

A 52 year old construction worker fell to his death from the 16th floor at a construction site in Manhattan. He was a unionized sheet metal worker who had been with Local 28 for 24 years. The construction worker was working at the NYU Ambulatory Care Center located at 41st Street between Third and Second