On the morning of April 24, at around 6:45 a.m., a construction worker was performing their job at an NYU Langone Hospital in Manhattan. According to the Daily News, the worker fell down a garbage chute from the upper levels of the building. Fortunately, he survived...
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NYC Construction Deaths Reached a Three-Year High in 2022
According to an alarming new report from the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB), New York City's construction workers have suffered their highest death rate in three years. In 2022, eleven workers lost their lives in construction accidents across the city, a...
Willis Moore Killed in Parking Garage Collapse, Others Injured
Three days after the deadly collapse of a parking garage in Lower Manhattan, cleanup crews are still working to clear massive amounts of debris from the scene. Due to the extent of the damage, the cleanup process can reportedly take up to three weeks. The collapse,...
Lower Manhattan Parking Lot Collapse: One Dead, Multiple Injured
On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, the upper levels of a five-story parking garage in Lower Manhattan collapsed, tragically killing 59-year-old Willis Moore, the manager of the parking garage, and injuring at least five others. The parking garage, located at 57 Ann Street in...
Worker Falls to Death From Roof in Glen Cove
On April 14, 2023, a construction worker named Noe Diaz-Gamez was tragically killed after falling through a roof he had been working on in Glen Cove, New York. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and loved ones, as the death of a 26-year-old is a profound and...
Two Workers Killed in Trench Accident at JFK Airport
On Monday morning around 11:00 a.m., two construction workers performing utility work at John F. Kennedy Airport became trapped in a 30-foot trench when a concrete slab fell on top of them. After being pulled from the rubble, the two men were tragically pronounced...
Worker Falls to His Death at Chase Headquarters Construction Site
Last week, an unidentified construction worker employed was performing carpentry work on the twelfth floor of the new JPMorgan Chase headquarters at 270 Park Avenue. Witnesses recalled that as he was working, the man suddenly lost his balance and fell through an open...
3 Workers Injured in One Vanderbilt Elevator Fall
On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, three elevator mechanics were injured when an elevator car they were performing maintenance on suddenly fell three stories. New York City’s Department of Buildings (DOB) is investigating the accident. The incident occurred at the city’s...
Westchester Crane Collapse Hospitalizes Two Workers
Around 12:30 p.m. on Friday, the construction site of a planned Amazon warehouse in Hawthorne, New York turned unexpectedly tragic after a crane collapsed, injuring two construction workers. News 12 Westchester reported that both people were hospitalized; one required...
Rebar Cage Tips on Queens Construction Site, Injures Workers
On Monday, contractors were working on the city’s third water tunnel at 46-01 37th Ave at 48th Street in Woodside, Queens, when disaster struck. As the laborers worked on Shaft 17B of the city-run construction site, a rebar cage suddenly tipped over; the incident...
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