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A bus carrying upwards of 70 people flipped off of Interstate 95 in Connecticut during a snow storm that struck the northeast on Monday, February 8, 2016. At least 30 passengers were injured, several critically, but miraculously none were killed. The bus, owned by...
The Tribeca Crane Collapse investigation continues to develop. Currently, reports maintain that investigators are continuing to work with the theory that the windy conditions that morning caused this tragedy. Investigators are hoping to remove the more than 650,000...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is seeking to implement new safety rules only days after the tragic Tribeca Crane Collapse. Specifically, the mayor is reducing the wind-speed threshold at which such equipment, like a crawler crane, must be shut down. That change is...
A 62-year-old construction worker fell to his death when he slipped and fell from a fire escape, causing him to plummet six stories down to the ground in the rear of 124 East 107th Street, East Harlem, New York. The victim was replacing the gutters of the building....
An ordinary morning turned into horror for Tribeca residents and commuters. We continue to update you on the Tribeca crane collapse. David Wichs has been identified by The New York Daily News as the victim who was killed in the deadly Tribeca crane collapse that took...
We have written extensively on this blog about the current construction boom in New York City and the risk that cutting corners and negligence play in risking the health and safety of New Yorkers and the people around the world who visit our great city. Sadly, some of...
A tragic crane accident in Manhattan today is the latest in a string of noteworthy construction accidents in New York City. On the morning of Friday, February 5, 2016, one person was killed and two others seriously injured when an enormous crane collapsed in the...
Welcome to part one of our look back on our blog's injury-related posts of 2015. We hope that calling attention to these injuries will help spread the word about the rights of the injured, making it more likely that negligent parties are held accountable for the...
At Block O'Toole & Murphy, we focus our resources and energy on making things right for the injured as well as families who have lost a loved one due to wrongful death. 2015 was a rough year for New Yorkers: August Construction Worker Falls To His Death Down...
A recent study shows that an alarming number of construction sites in Western New York are woefully failing to provide their employees with a safe place to work. Not by coincidence, this study was released as New York State continues to experience a spike in serious...
