New York City – A 34-year-old hard hat died and another construction worker was seriously injured during a crane mishap in a construction site at 570 Broome St. near the Holland Tunnel. The tragic incident occurred on a rainy Saturday night when a 15,000-pound counterweight became tangled in the rigging and crushed the Iraq War Continue Reading..
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Manhattan, NY – A 60-year-old female architect died after being struck by a chunk of debris that fell 17 stories of the 729 7th Avenue building in Midtown Manhattan. According to the New York City Department of Buildings, the fatal incident could have been avoided if building owners were quick to address falling hazards for
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New City, NY – A 49-year-old male hardhat was injured in a construction accident on a roadway in New City, New York. The unfortunate incident took place on 200 Congers Road at around 2:00 p.m. on August 14 when his hand was caught between construction equipment and the wall that he was working on. The
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Manhattan, NY – A 50-year-old hardhat was killed and at least three other people were injured in a construction accident at a Manhattan building at around 4:20 p.m. on July 16. The catastrophic incident occurred while workers were performing facade restoration work when a section of parapet fell from a 12-story condo building on East
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Brooklyn, NY – Three construction workers in Downtown Brooklyn were injured after an elevator shaft gave way and plummeted four floors down to the bottom of the elevator pit in a residential building under construction along 170 Tillary Street Monday morning. All three victims were transported to Methodist Hospital to recover from broken bones. The
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Queens, NY – A forklift operator, 32, was trampled by his own powered industrial truck in a construction accidental mishap around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The victim (whose identity was not immediately disclosed) was thrown off from the forklift while maneuvering the heavy equipment outside a mosque on 211th St. near Jamaica Avenue in Queens.
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