Posts in Construction Injuries

Jan 20 Citys Building Boom Leads to Increase in Construction Accidents

Construction accidents are on the rise in New York, leading to the highest number of fatalities since 2008. Construction-related ...

Jan 20 Poor Safety Enforcement Leads to Spike in Workplace Fatalities

Workplace deaths in New York City have soared, largely due to lax safety enforcement, critics say. Workplace fatalities soared in ...

Feb 28 Construction Site Building Collapses in Brooklyn

A 100-year-old building in Brooklyn on the 400 block of Rutland Road partially collapsed, trapping a man in the rubble. The ...

Feb 26 How Safe Is the Scaffolding in Our City?

Any New Yorker knows well the feeling of walking beneath scaffolding on the streets. Still, many will be amazed to learn that on ...

Feb 15 Oil Truck and Stolen Car Crash Resulting in 5 Fatalities

Big rigs can be dangerous on the highway, especially when carrying oil. But it is even more dangerous when there are police ...

Feb 07 Overtime Hours Massively Increase Injury Odds

You’ve been working construction for the last five years, and you occasionally get asked to work overtime hours. You usually take ...