Posts tagged acc

• OSHA cites Brooklyn contractor in fatal Brighton Beach building collapse

  Paul Napoli | May 27, 2012 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Federal safety regulators have found the collapse of a building under construction in Brighton Beach that killed one worker and injured four others was the result of poor construction by a...

• National Safe Boating Week—Avoid These Common Injuries

  Eric Chaffin | May 22, 2012 4:30 PM | 1 CommentNew York, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I spent my childhood in West Virginia’s many natural and man made lakes and streams and enjoy boating on Long Island Sound and around New York City. Before launching my Grady White...

• Construction worker dies first day on the job at Manhattan worksite

  Paul Napoli | May 19, 2012 9:07 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A construction worker on the job for only one day died Thursday after a fall from scaffolding at a worksite in SoHo. According to the NYC Department of Buildings’ active complaint, a...

• Roadway obstructions may have played a part in the crash of a school bus with a dump truck in NJ

  Paul Napoli | February 26, 2012 5:14 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Transportations officials say a preliminary report into the fatal crash of a New Jersey school bus with a dump truck shows there were obstructions limiting the visibility of the roadway. The...

• Elite New York State Police security detail hits two pedestrians in two days

  Paul Napoli | January 23, 2012 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  State troopers from a special security squad hit and severely injured pedestrians in two separate incidents last week, both in Mount Kisco near Governor Cuomo’s Westchester County home. ...

• Study finds kids in low-income Manhattan neighborhoods at greater risk of being hit by a car

  Paul Napoli | January 22, 2012 11:58 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Authors of a new study say pedestrian and bicycling children in Manhattan’s low-income neighborhoods are at a disproportionately high risk of being hit by a motor vehicle. In Child...

• Elevator problems found in Manhattan building where malfunctioning elevator crushed woman

  Paul Napoli | January 16, 2012 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Officials found numerous elevator violations in the building where ad exec Suzanne Hart died last month in a tragic elevator accident. Suzanne Hart, 41-year-old Director of New Business...

• OSHA fines contractor of Passaic River bridge project for safety hazards

  Paul Napoli | December 28, 2011 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A contractor is facing fines for safety violations that exposed workers to dangerous conditions at the Passaic River bridge project in Clifton, NJ. The U.S. Department of Labor's...

• Maintenance history focus of investigation after woman dies in Manhattan elevator accident

  Paul Napoli | December 16, 2011 10:28 PM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The New York City Department of Buildings is investigating the maintenance history of an elevator where a woman was killed in a tragic accident on Wednesday morning, learning the elevator was...

• NYC Woman Killed In Elevator Accident

  Chrissie Cole | December 16, 2011 12:18 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A woman, 41, was tragically killed when the elevator she stepped onto malfunctioned and lurched forward pinning her between the outside of the car and the wall of the elevator...