On the morning of Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at around 10AM, an American elm tree suddenly fell on West Drive in Central Park near 62nd Street where Anne Monoky Goldman, a Manhattan mother, was strolling with a baby strapped to her chest and two toddlers in a double...
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Steven Simpson, Electrician, Found Dead after Elevator Accident
Sadly, another worker died earlier this week in a horrific work accident - this time at a luxury apartment high-rise in Hell's Kitchen, as reported by the New York Daily News. Steven Simpson, an electrician, was found dead by a security guard yesterday morning at...
NYC Worker Severely Injured – Local Union Calls for Elevator Safety Act
Continuing an alarming trend of workplace accidents, there has been another awful tragedy in New York City. This time, an elevator mechanic was crushed by an elevator in the basement of a Manhattan building, according to a spokesman from the Fire Department.The...
Construction Worker Falls To His Death From Scaffolding In Brooklyn
In a tragic reminder of the dangers facing New York City construction workers, a 58-year-old construction worker died after falling from scaffolding on the outside of a Brooklyn building. As reported in the New York Post, the man was performing work on a building on...
Manhattan worker critically injured by electric shock
A construction worker suffered severe injuries earlier this month after an electric shock incident on the job, as reported by New York Daily News.The incident took place on Tenth Ave. and W. 48th St., in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. The victim, a...
Jose Cruz Killed in Site Fall – DOB to Increase Inspections
A city construction worker plunged a horrifying 18 feet to his death at a construction site last Wednesday, as reported by New York Daily News.On April 12th, Jose Cruz went to work at a construction site at 1604 Broadway in Times Square. The project was to become a...
NYC Investigating Crane Accident That Killed Antonio Veloso
The New York City Buildings Department has launched an investigation into the March 10th crane accident that caused the tragic death of Antonio Veloso, as reported by the New York Post. Veloso, a 54-year-old Portuguese immigrant and New Jersey resident, was a member...
Worker pinned under 7-ton hammer after crane cable snapped
A 41-year-old construction worker was seriously injured at a commercial construction site near 126th Street and 82nd Avenue in Kew Gardens, Queens earlier this month, as reported by New York Daily News. At around 10:20am on Wednesday April 5th, the cable attaching an...
Ladder Accident Prevention Is Critical At All Construction Sites
There are approximately 300 people every year who die in ladder accidents. That is a staggering statistic and there are countless others who sustained serious injuries in ladder accidents at construction sites. Many of these tragedies can be avoided if a culture of...
Pedestrian accidents rack up an ominous toll in one day
Accidents tend to come in rashes, which is how it happened in New York City on Tuesday, March 7. Pedestrian accidents topped the police blotters that day with three pedestrians killed and one hospitalized in critical condition. The first event occurred in Brooklyn at...
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