MANHATTAN, N.Y. — Making your living standing on a scaffold is dangerous and scary work, even for the toughest construction workers. However, once you are back on the ground, there should be no further cause for concern. The family of a 59-year-old construction worker is wondering why their loved one died when a piece of the building … [Read more...]
Family of Man Killed in Scaffold Accident Begs for Answers
Floor Collapse Construction Accident in Naples, Florida
NAPLES, FL — Two construction workers sustained traumatic injuries when the floor of the house collapsed. Authorities initially believed that a crane collapsed on the workers. However, a more thorough investigation revealed that brackets broke and fell. The workers were trapped under concrete slabs that fell when the bracket gave … [Read more...]
Elevator Shaft Platform Accident in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, NY - June 15, 2020 - According to an online news report published on WABC.com, three construction crew workers were seriously injured after an elevator shaft work platform gave way and sent the workers in free fall all the way to the bottom of the elevator shaft. The construction accident took place in downtown Brooklyn … [Read more...]
Hair-Raising Crash of RFK Bridge Sends Five Workers to the Hospital
MANHATTAN, New York — Five construction workers sustained varying degrees of injury when a box truck careened into the back of a flatbed truck used by the construction crew. The construction workers were working on the eastbound section of the RFK Bridge in Manhattan Saturday morning, according to the Daily News. Two of the … [Read more...]
Trench Collapse Kills Construction Worker
A construction worker died recently when a trench he was digging collapsed and buried him. The construction worker was a member of a crew assigned to dig a trench for a new water line in the parking lot of a shopping plaza known as Summit Plaza in Jersey City. According to ABC 7, the construction worker was 35-years-old when he died. … [Read more...]
Fatal Construction Accident
BROOKLYN, NY — The Brooklyn District Attorney announced that the managers and owners of a construction company would face manslaughter as well as workers compensation fraud charges. The criminal charges arise from an incident in which a concrete wall fell on a welder and killed him. According to workcompcentral.com, the Brooklyn … [Read more...]
Fatal Long Island Construction Accident
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK – As reported in online news articles published by nypost.com, longisland.news12.com, and dailyvoice.com, a tragic construction accident in Port Jefferson Station on Long Island left one man dead and two others injured. Three construction workers from Queens and a pickup truck driver were involved in an … [Read more...]
