Month: April 2015

Toni Jackson's death on March 7, 2015 may have been the result of a faulty, makeshift trash hoist that was being used in the New York City Housing Authority building where she worked, according to a report generated by her union. We previously delved into this tragic...

Details are still emerging as we report that four construction workers were injured today in midtown Manhattan when they fell approximately 2 stories during demolition work at a construction site. This serious construction accident continues an alarming trend of...

The victim was part of a construction crew that had dug below the foundation of the building at the site to make a wooden support form to shore up the building's facade. According to reports, the accident occurred when the victim was inside the wooden structure and,...

There were 152 fatal occupational injuries in the New York-Northern New Jersey and Long Island Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) in 2013, the last year for which full statistics are available. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), this...