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Although injury and fatality rates in many industry sectors have declined significantly in the twenty-three years since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) came into being, this has not been the case in construction industry.  Construction is the United State's largest industry and one that has consistently registered high rates of workplace accidents. OSHA has had little success in reducing injuries and fatalities among construction workers, despite the fact that it channels a large portion of its resources into the enforcement of health and safety standards on construction sites.

Construction workers are exposed to a wider variety of hazards and face a greater risk of work-related injury or fatality than employees in any other U.S. industry; in 1992, according to the most recent annual Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the lost-workday case rate for the construction industry was 5.7 per 100 full-time workers, the highest of any major economic sector.

Victims of the following types of construction accidents have been successfully represented by Parker & Waichman, LLP:
  • Roof Related Falls
  • Crane Accidents
  • Scaffolding Accidents
  • Run-Over by Operating Equipment
  • Lifting Equipment Failure
  • Electric Shock
  • Trench Collapses
  • Fires and Explosions
  • Hit by Highway Vehicle
  • Compressed Gases Accidents
  • Struck by heavy falling objects
  • Welding Accidents
If you or a loved have been injured in a construction accident, please fill out the form at the right for a free case evaluation by a qualified personal injury attorney.
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New York City Crane Collapse Investigation Yields Arrest

Mar 21, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Last weekend's New York City crane collapse that killed 7 people has resulted in the arrest of a city inspector.  The inspector  allegedly lied about checking on the crane in the weeks before it collapsed and decimated a Manhattan block.The New York City crane collapse occurred on the east side of midtown Manhattan last Saturday afternoon.  The crane was being used in the construction of a  43-story luxury apartment building.  The crane broke into pieces as it crashed...

Nylon Slings Eyed in New York City Crane Collapse

Mar 18, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
The New York City crane collapse, which left seven people dead and destroyed much of two city blocks, may have been caused by the failure of nylon slings.  According to The New York Times, photographs supplied by a person who visited the scene of the New York City crane collapse shortly after the accident show two manual winches attached to two yellow nylon slings. The slings are ripped off and ragged at the ends. For investigators who arrived at the site after the accident, the ragged,...

New York City Crane Collapse Kills Four, 3 Still Missing

Mar 17, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A crane collapse in New York City over the weekend killed four people and left three missing.  The 19-story crane, which smashed into a townhouse, had been the subject of numerous safety complaints, and was inspected only one day before the accident.  The New York City crane collapse occurred on the east side of midtown Manhattan Saturday afternoon.  The crane was being used in the construction of a  43-story luxury apartment building.  The crane broke into pieces as it...

1 dead, 2 hurt in partial Manhattan building collapse

Dec 27, 2006 | Newsday
One construction laborer died and two others were injured Tuesday as a torrent of brick and plaster from the collapsed roof of an unoccupied five-story apartment building rained down on them, police said. Richard Joseph, 33, of Brooklyn, was killed in the construction site accident at 280 West 113th St. The two who were injured were taken to a hospital, and no other information was immediately available on them. "I could hear the men screaming for help," said a woman who would only...

COLLAPSE HORROR

Dec 27, 2006 | New York Post
A construction worker who died yesterday in a Harlem building collapse made an eerie prediction that he would be killed on the job, relatives said yesterday. Richard Joseph, 33, of Brooklyn was killed and two other workers were injured when the roof of 280 W. 113th St. collapsed, sending four floors cascading down in a thunderous roar of bricks and beams. "At our family party on Christmas Eve, Richard said, 'I'm going to die on this job,' " his cousin Octavia Felix said. Joseph had...

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