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Four children under the age of 10 die in tractor trailer accident upstate New Yorkers awoke Thursday morning to the horrifying news that seven people, including 4 children under the age of 10, were tragically killed in a trucking accident involving a tractor trailer...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSGA) has cited Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, for repeat and serious workplace safety violations. The agency inspected the Schenectady, New York, facility after a November 2012 complaint. The inspection was...
A construction industry lobbying organization seeking to have New York's safety regulations overturned was denied in the 2nd Circuit recently. The Steel Institute of New York claimed that the city should not regulate the erection and use of cranes because federal...
New Yorkers got their first taste of Mayor Bloomberg's 'Bike Share' program over Memorial Day Weekend. The program, featured in a New York Post article, has sparked much debate among New Yorkers. The question that remains unanswered is whether Bike Share represents an...
School bus accidents have serious consequences, particularly when young children are passengers on a bus. Making traveling to and from school safer for children is obviously a concept that all New Yorkers should embrace. A Brooklyn lawmaker, according to the New York...
Elderly pedestrians are more vulnerable to being hit by motor vehicles. An 82-year-old man was struck and killed in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx last week. It was at least the 13th pedestrian accident fatality among elderly New Yorkers this year. The man...
The terrifying collision between two commuter trains on the Metro North Line in Connecticut is now being investigated. There were over 70 people injured. Injuries from train accidents can range from whiplish to death and everything in between.Surprisingly, with a...
New York is one of the safest states for workers, in part because of Labor Law 240-241, sometimes call the "scaffolding law." These statutes make owners and contractors absolutely liable for injuries that occur to construction workers. This means that they must...
Falls are the leading cause of construction workers' accidents, injuries and deaths. In fact, according to The National Occupation Research Agenda, one out of every three worksite injuries is caused by a fall. Workers can fall from, among other things, ladders,...
Does a worker have the right to ask for a safety inspection?The answer is yes. Look, we understand that this is not a comfortable conversation and one not many workers are willing to have. Why? All workers balance their next paycheck, paying their rent or mortgage and...
