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The improvement in the economy is great news for construction firms and construction workers. However, there is a downside to this. The number of skilled workers has declined, according to an insurance industry magazine. They retired, moved into other fields or...
The airports in and around New York City are among the busiest in the United States. JFK, in Queens, is ranked as the sixth busiest airport in the country. Newark is ranked the 13th busiest, and LaGuardia, also in Queens, is the 20th busiest. Each year, 25,036,855...
By most measures, the number of motor vehicle accidents is increasing in New York State. Some statistics from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles tells the story. Overall Number of Accidents and Fatalities Increased Between 2012 and 2013 The number of...
Construction workers rallied a week ago to draw attention to the working conditions at the JDS Development Group's building site at 111 W. 57th Street. There were around 1,000 workers at this event; a similar event in October drew nearly 8,000 workers. The protest was...
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released the most recent edition of Traffic Safety Facts, which reports traffic statistics from across the country for the year 2013. There's good news in these numbers: Traffic accident...
The city's Department of Buildings releases monthly statistics about construction accidents in the five boroughs of New York. The latest available numbers are for September 2014, and this blog will summarize the report. 2014 Construction Accidents Will Exceed 2013...
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, workplace violence is more likely to occur among employees who handle money in a public setting, delivery drivers, public service workers, law enforcement personnel, those who work alone or in small...
Traffic in New York City, especially Manhattan, is usually a sea of yellow because of all the cabs crowding the city streets. Not surprisingly, many of the car accidents in Manhattan involve cabs. Overall in New York City, between eight and 10 percent of motor vehicle...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 101 fatal on-the-job accidents in New Jersey in 2013. The BLS breaks these numbers down as follows: About 28 percent of these deaths were the result of workplace violence Thirty-seven percent of NJ workplace...
An allegedly drunk driver hit multiple holiday shoppers in Herald Square last week, sending five to local hospitals. According to news reports, the vehicle hit an SUV, a taxi and the plate-glass window of the store Forever 21. One pedestrian was pinned under the...
