A construction worker named Jose Martins was killed after a wall in a building that was under construction collapsed and fell on him at a construction site near Rockaway Beach, Queens, on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. The fatal construction accident occurred at 190 Beach 67...
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Rene Chavarria Killed in Work Accident at New York Recycling
A worker named Rene Chavarria was killed in a tragic accident that occurred when he was welding the bucket of an excavator at New York Recycling in the Bronx on Saturday, July 13, 2019. The bucket of the excavator was suspended while Chavarria welded it inside a...
Scaffold Collapse Injures 3 at Mission Dolores in Park Slope, Brooklyn
Three people were injured after scaffolding was blown off of a 12-story building onto the courtyard of an adjacent bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on Sunday, June 30, 2019. High winds blew the scaffolding off of Parlour Condominiums, causing debris to crash through glass...
Giuseppe Pagano Killed in Fall at Construction Site Near Grand Central
Construction worker Giuseppe Pagano was tragically killed after falling nearly 30 feet from an unguarded scaffold on a construction site near Grand Central Station on Saturday, May 18, 2019. He is at least the fourth construction worker in New York City to be killed...
Construction Worker Gregory Echevarria Killed in Crane Accident
Construction worker Gregory Echevarria was tragically killed when a crane counterweight fell on him at around 3:15 a.m. on April 13, 2019. Echevarria, 34, was working to put up a crane at a construction site on 570 Broome Street in Lower Manhattan when the accident...
Construction Worker Erik Mendoza Killed in Roof Fall in Brooklyn Heights
23-year-old construction worker Erik Mendoza was tragically killed when he fell from the roof of a 13-story building at 1 Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn Heights on April 10, 2019. The Department of Buildings (DOB) indicated that workers were placing bricks near the...
Nelson Salinas Killed by Falling Debris on Manhattan Scaffold
A construction worker named Nelson Salinas was tragically killed by falling debris as he worked from a suspended scaffold at a building on East 50th Street in Manhattan on April 8, 2019. Salinas was working to repair the masonry on the exterior of the building when he...
Safety Violations Ignored Prior to Collapse Which Killed Luis Almonte
On September 12, 2018, Luis Sanchez Almonte was tragically killed in a wall collapse while working in a trench at Sunset Park, Brooklyn. That tragedy was compounded, however, amid reports that the proposed fine for Almonte's death is a mere $63,647, even though the...
Hispanic & Non-Union Construction Worker Fatality Rates Are Rising
Construction workers built New York into the great city and state that it has become. But it is apparent that non-union and Hispanic construction workers are continuously exposed to unspeakable job-related perils, according to the latest damning Deadly Skyline report...
Overloaded Knuckleboom Crane Collapses Near Penn Station
An overloaded boom truck crane collapsed after the excess weight it was carrying caused a pin to break, injuring the operator and shutting down 34th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues right outside of Penn Station on the night of Monday, March 18, 2019. Workers...
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