Construction Accidents

The collapse of an under-construction condo complex in Brooklyn on November 8 has left one construction worker dead and several injured. The building was still only a steel frame when it collapsed as workers were pouring concrete onto the frames starting from higher levels, which is considered less safe than starting from the bottom, according to The New York Times. Firefighters arrived on the scene and began dig [...]

Two years ago, the foreman at a Staten Island construction site was killed in a workplace accident, and, as of early this month, two contractors have been charged with criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment, according to The New York Post. The foreman was crushed to death by a 60-foot-tall cinderblock wall that fell onto him as a result of 60 mph winds. After a long investigation, it was determined [...]

A fatal construction accident occurred on February 8 in Gardiner, NY which took the lives of two steel workers after they fell 65 feet down an elevator shaft, according to an article in The Daily Freeman. The two men, ages 51 and 49, were installing steel and were working on expanding a church building. When asked whether or not proper safety precautions had been taken at the construction site, the business manager [...]

One construction worker lost his life and three more workers were seriously injured when a cinderblock wall on which they were working collapsed, according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. The four construction workers were building the wall on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst when it collapsed. According to rescue personnel, the four workers were pouring cement near the wall when the scaffolding holdi [...]

New York construction workers often deal with a number of work site hazards, including dangerous scaffolding, defective tools and machines, inexperienced workers and negligent supervisors, to mention a few. Immediately following a New York construction accident, it is important that you seek medical attention. Not only will prompt medical care increase your chances of a complete recovery, it will also create a me [...]

Three bystanders were injured in a New York City construction site accident after loose scaffolding fell off a Bronx housing project. According to a news report in the New York Post, the contractor in charge of the project has been issued two citations for safety violations in connection with this incident. Initial reports show that bolts connecting the scaffolding to the sidewalk had been removed causing the scaff [...]

A 50-year-old man fell to his death while working with scaffolding at a construction site in Queens. NY1 news reports that the worker tried to "pull a scaffold up from the roof when he fell six stories" to his death. The Queens construction accident occurred at a work site located at 34th Ave and 89th Street in Jackson Heights. There is no word yet about the cause of this fatal construction accident. The job site h [...]

A construction worker was injured in the Upper East Side after a falling piece of concrete crushed his arm. According to a news DNAinfo.com article, a 10-by-13-foot piece of concrete fell from a parking garage ceiling. The concrete slab pinned the New York construction worker’s arm. Emergency crews were called and the worker was treated at a local hospital. While it is known that the injuries suffered are not lif [...]

An earthen bank collapsed and a construction worker was trapped and killed in Holland, New York. WKBW reports that the Holland Fire Department tried to help the worker and had him flown to a nearby hospital, but it was too late. The 34-year-old Silver Springs victim was working in the basement of a home with other workers when the New York workplace accident happened. The earth bank fell and he was pinned underne [...]

A Jackson Heights worker was killed in a New York construction accident after he fell from scaffolding while working on an elevator shaft in a Manhattan building. The New York Post reports that the 51-year-old worker was inside an elevator shaft on the third floor of a construction site at 603 W. 129th St. when he fell from scaffolding to the bottom of the shaft. The man was transported to a local hospital where he [...]