Posts tagged construction

• 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...

• 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...

• OSHA cites Manhattan contractor after worker fall at Brooklyn worksite

  Paul Napoli | February 10, 2012 10:04 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A Manhattan-based masonry contractor faces citations and fines totaling $74,500 after an investigation into a construction worker’s 80-foot fall from a scaffold. Inspectors from the...

• 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...

• 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...

• OSHA finds serious safety violations at Manhattan and Bronx construction sites

  Paul Napoli | December 16, 2011 12:15 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed fines totaling $181,560 against numerous contractors for exposing workers to dangerous hazards...

• MTA was worried about rising injury rate on LIRR tunnel project before falling concrete hit a worker

  Paul Napoli | November 20, 2011 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  November 19, 2011 Officials had concerns about the increasing number of injuries on a Long Island Rail Road tunnel construction before a chunk of falling concrete killed a sandhog. ...

• Architects in Brooklyn Fatal Building Collapse may have Troubled History

  Paul Napoli | November 10, 2011 8:27 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  November 10, 2011 Just days after the collapse of a building on a Brighton Beach construction site, the New York Daily News reports that the condominium project’s architects have had trouble...

• Scaffold Collapses Onto Bus Injuring 17

  Chrissie Cole | September 20, 2011 9:17 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A building scaffold collapsed onto a city bus in Harlem on Tuesday, injuring seventeen people. The injuries sustained were described as minor and non-life threatening, according to fire...

• Man Crushed by Concrete Divider at New Jersey Turnpike Construction Site

  Paul Napoli | July 11, 2011 7:45 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  July 11, 2011 A truck driver delivering concrete dividers to a construction site for the New Jersey turnpike died today when one of the dividers fell off the truck, crushing him. State police told...