Construction Accidents

New York City construction workers are the literal backbone of the city. From digging the subway trenches to scaling the highest skyscrapers, these brave and industrious workers lay the foundations and build the framework for all of our buildings, architecture and...

Anyone who has ever walked the streets of Manhattan has surely seen them — the nimble-footed construction workers working high above the ground perched precariously on scaffolding extending up many stories from the ground level.Scaffold-builders and workers face...

When you think of all the types of heavy equipment hazards that you can encounter working construction here in New York City, forklift accidents might not even be on your radar.But the fact is that people can get seriously injured and even killed working on forklifts....

Living in New York City can sometimes make you feel as if you are Chicken Little. There always seems to be something crashing down from above.Fortunately, this week when a recently installed 150-foot wind turbine came tumbling down in the Bronx, no one died or was...

If you are a construction worker in New York City, you have probably seen your share of on-the-job injuries. If you are lucky, they were mostly minor. But some may have been particularly grisly, even fatal. It's just the nature of the industry that sometimes bad...

Construction never stops here in New York City. But it does have busy periods and seasons when business drops off some. Right now is one of the slower periods as we head into the cold winter months.However, construction accidents occur during all 12 months of the...

Do you worry that if you get injured on the job as a New York City construction worker that you may not be able to make a workers' compensation claim? There are many reasons why you might be reluctant to file a claim for benefits.For some, it could be their status as...

There is always construction going on in Manhattan and the outer boroughs. New York City construction workers have to work in the heat and freezing cold. It's a dangerous industry that is certainly not for the faint of heart. In fact, it can be downright...

New York City is a hive of construction activity year-round. There are always new builds and renovations taking place here in Manhattan and the outlying boroughs.With all the activity going on, some construction workers will inevitably suffer on-the-job injuries. Even...

Tragedy struck late last month at a construction site in the Bronx. A man died, and five of his co-workers suffered injuries when the third floor of the building being erected collapsed on top of them.The fatal construction accident occurred on Tuesday, August 27. The...