Construction Accidents

A recent requirement rollback has six states, including New York, suing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for what they see as a senseless rule change. The lawsuit centers around a 2016 rule, which required businesses with 250 or more employees...

Construction workers deserve a safe workplace, just like any other employee expects at their job, but unfortunately this is not always the reality. In New York City, construction workers face a potentially more dangerous environment as each year passes.Reported...

Quite simply, New York has some of the best worker protections laws in the United States. In fact, unlike other states, New York even has a law that is specifically designed to protect construction workers who spend their days working high atop scaffolding. Aptly...

There is no other way to put it, construction is booming in New York City. In fact, according to the city Department of Buildings (DOB), there were 168,243 construction permits issued last year, which is an all-time high. The unfortunate downside of this recent boom,...

As we've discussed in recent months, a damning report from the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) has found some distressing - and deadly - trends in the construction industry in New York. According to the report, entitled Deadly Skyline,...

Think explosions only occur in the movies? You had better think again. The reality is that explosions occur far more often than many people realize, and in a variety of places — including workplaces. In fact, according to the most recent numbers reported by the U.S....

Despite repeated attacks, New York’s Scaffolding Law has survived yet another legislative session. In fact, while this law continues to come under fire in the media by some lawmakers and certain “pro-business” groups, not a single bill was introduced this year — let...

While everyone knows construction work can be dangerous, many don’t know just how dangerous. According to a report issued earlier this year by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), the fatality rate among construction workers in New York...

Even though most people know construction can be dangerous work, many don’t realize just how dangerous it actually is. For instance, did you know that 71 construction workers died in New York alone in 2016 (the most recent year for which data is available)? This was...

After much debate, the New York Department of Buildings (DOB) has finally settled on the construction safety training requirements originally put in place last year when the City Council passed Local Law 196. As recently reported by Crain’s New York Business,...