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The New York City attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy continued to monitor stories related to worker safety throughout the metropolitan area and beyond. This week, another fatal workplace accident took place here New York City. It happened at a Staten Island...
A man was killed in a Long Island construction accident when a concrete wall collapsed onto him. According to Huntington Manor fire officials, the man was apparently excavating an area behind the foundation of a house, intending to install a basement entrance. The...
The most common types of ladder accidents are those in which the wrong type of ladder is used, ladders fall or collapse because they are in poor condition, and accidents in which the ladder is not used correctly. Ladder Accidents Caused by Incorrect Use The Bureau of...
The attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy are following a terrifying scene as it unfolds in lower Manhattan. High above One World Trade Center, two window washers are dangling on a scaffold that is hanging, perilously, 60 stories above the ground. The window washers...
Block O'Toole & Murphy is pleased to bring you an update on the harrowing scene in lower Manhattan where two window washers were trapped on a scaffold towering above the hallowed grounds of the World Trade Center site. This scaffold was dangling, nearly upside...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Somerville, New Jersey, cabinet manufacturing company for wilfully exposing its workers to chemical hazards, according to a press release issued by the agency last month. According to the press...
Last week, a truck driver from Florida hit a bridge on the Merritt Parkway near the New York-Connecticut line, spilling the cargo, a load of butter that melted in the ensuing fire. The Parkway was closed for most of the day while the mess was cleared. Semi-trucks are...
The New York City lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy are handing out report cards on construction safety. Why? Because worker safety still looms as one of our society's larger concerns. Shockingly, New York City is part of the problem and not the solution. A recent...
As part of Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative, an effort to eliminate pedestrian accident fatalities in New York City, the 30-miles-per-hour default speed limit has been lowered to 25-miles-per-hour. The change went into effect on November 7, and a piece in New...
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers have announced their 2015 rankings, and we are proud to report that Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP has been named to their prestigious list of "Best Law Firms" in the United States. Also, once again, the rankings include...
