There are many different causes of workplace injuries and deaths. Some of the more frequent ones are vehicle accidents and specifically, construction vehicles. These vehicles such as forklifts, cranes, tractors, fuel trucks, bulldozers are large and complicated machines, working in dangerous environments and that can sometimes lead to disaster. There are roll overs, break failures, […]
Workplace injuries and deaths
There are many different causes of workplace injuries and deaths. Some of the more frequent ones are vehicle accidents and specifically, construction vehicles.
These vehicles such as forklifts, cranes, tractors, fuel trucks, bulldozers are large and complicated machines, working in dangerous environments and that can sometimes lead to disaster. There are roll overs, break failures, workers being seriously injured after being hit by these vehicles and more. More than half of the accidents that happen with vehicles result in death on construction sites.
There is also the risk due to the dangerous overall climate that is a construction site. Contact with hazardous materials, slippery surfaces, injuries from flying objects, falling objects, scaffolding malfunctions, electrical shocks, workers falling through elevator shafts.
Workers can fall off buildings, or ladders or scaffolding. Labor Law 240 in New York is also known specifically as the scaffolding law as it holds owners liable for gravity-related injuries. All types of falls are very common injury at construction sites.
OSHA did some reporting that showed 5,250 construction fatalities occurred on the job in 2018. That is more then 100 worker deaths in a week due to construction accidents. Workers in New York state are lucky to have laws that protect them and their families in case they get injured at a construction site.
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