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There are some fatal work accidents that never happen in New York City but occur elsewhere in the state. In September of 2014, for example, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reported that a farm worker was killed by a hay bailer while trying...
It turns out that the subcontractor overseeing the work on a West 37th Street construction project where a worker was killed in September has a history of safety code violations. The hotel construction site is at 326 West 37th Street in Manhattan. According to the...
New York Magazine recently published the stories of some of the victims of bicycle and pedestrian accidents in New York. So far this year, around 200 people have died on the streets of New York City. Traffic-related fatalities are the number-one cause of death for...
The New York lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy maintain a close relationship with the construction industry. The shared bond has been formed over many years and is a result of different factors, such as our willingness to fight for construction workers and their...
It is becoming clear that the accidents that have occurred in the last two years on the Metro-North Railroad were not isolated incidents caused by the negligence or misconduct of individual employees. Rather, there has been a systematic disregard for safety that is...
A pedestrian was injured after being hit by a taxicab last week. The incident occurred on Monday when the yellow cab jumped the curb on East 59th Street, hitting a man and then crashing into an empty storefront. The accident occurred Madison and Park avenues on the...
The New York City Department of Buildings releases statistics every month about construction accidents that occur in the city. The most recent month available, April 2014, shows both raw numbers of accidents and compares those numbers to the previous year, 2013. The...
New Yorkers like to complain about delivery trucks and other commercial vehicles double and triple parked, clogging streets and creating traffic hazards for drivers and pedestrians alike. A recent accident on Manhattan’s Upper East Side took the problem to another...
It can happen in an instant. An accident often comes without warning and a person's life can change forever as a result. Customers and workers who were inside a bagel store in the Forest Hills section of Queens can attest to that. Yesterday, a box truck driver lost...
The attorneys at the noted Manhattan law firm of Block O'Toole & Murphy have a wealth of experience in fighting for victims injured in scaffold accidents. When a scaffold collapses, usually the consequences are noteworthy and severe. Today, we bring you...
