New York City Construction Accident Report: September 20, 2018
If you only look around New York City you can see that there is always construction going on. The construction industry is booming in NYC...
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New York City Construction Accident Report: August 22, 2018
If you only look around New York City you can see that there is always construction going on. The construction industry is booming in NYC...
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New York City Construction Accident Report – July 26, 2018
Construction is one of the most dangerous industries in New York City, with dozens of fatal accidents and countless other injuries happening each year. Although...
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New York Construction Accident Report: June 26, 2018
New York City is always growing, with a variety of construction projects underway at any given moment. This is one of the busiest construction industries...
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New York City Construction Accident & News Report: May 25, 2018
New York City is one of the busiest real estate markets in the world and continues to grow each day. With thousands of New Yorkers...
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New York City Construction Accident Report: April 18, 2018
Preventable construction accidents continue to be a major problem in New York and throughout the country. Even as authorities try to improve safety regulations, too...
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New York City Construction Accident Report: March 14, 2018
Even though the construction industry has come under fire in recent years for frequent safety violations, this profession continues to be one of New York...
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New York City Construction Accident Report: February 28, 2018
Even though activists and oversight groups have been trying to tackle the problem, preventable construction accidents continue to be a serious issue plaguing New York...
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Report Claims New York State Construction Fatalities Highest Since 2002
According to a report by a union-backed group called the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, there were more construction deaths in the...
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New York Construction Accident Roundup Report: January 24, 2018
For the past several years, preventable construction accidents, injuries, and deaths have become a serious problem in New York City and throughout the country. Unions...
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Weekly New York City Accident Report: October 6th, 2017
In our weekly report on major accidents and legal news in New York City, we examine an accident which injured three pedestrians in Midtown Manhattan,...
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Is There A Policy In Construction For Working While On Opioids?
In 2015, 20,101 of the 52,404 drug overdose deaths in the United States were due to prescription opioids. The number of deaths attributed to prescription...
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Who Is Liable When Faulty Materials Cause A Construction Accident?
In June 2017, Grenfell Tower in London burned completely when cladding installed to the outside of the building caught fire. The cladding is banned in...
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Who Is Responsible When Employees Are Exposed To Asbestos?
Asbestos is a fire-proof material that causes a form of cancer called mesothelioma if it is inhaled into the lungs. It was a material that...
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What Are The Long-Term Dangers Of Repetitive Strain Injuries In Construction?
When the term repetitive strain injuries is mentioned, it is easy to think that this is something that affects a limited number of people in...
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The Dangers Of A Natural Gas Explosion On A Construction Site
Construction work is filled with hazards that are both seen and unseen. But even with the hazards that are unseen, there are precautions that can...
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NYC’s Response To Crane Accident Is Meeting With Opposition
According to the New York Times, there were 231 construction accidents in New York City in 2014 and eight of those accidents resulted in deaths....
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Rules And Regulations Of Construction Workers In Confined Spaces
In September 2013, a construction worker working near Syracuse, NY was fatally burned when he was welding in a confined space that contained flammable gas....
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Construction Accident Lawyers: New York Workers’ Comp Vs Personal Injury Lawsuit
The construction industry in America has been booming in recent months as housing starts in the US are nearing highs not been seen since 2007....
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Work Injury Lawyers: 3 Types of Construction Accidents In NYC
Construction work is among the most dangerous types of work in America and this is especially true in New York City where development never seems to end. Heavy...
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As Buildings Rise In New York City, So Do Fatal Construction Accidents
New York City has been on the rise recently – both literally and figuratively – as new construction projects underway throughout the city. In fact, employment...
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Construction Accidents: 3 Steps To Take After An Injury On The Job
Construction projects are constantly under development in New York City. It seem like every time one project is completed, a new one pops up on...
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Slips, Trips & Falls: Reducing the Leading Cause of Construction Injuries
Slips, trips, and falls account for many worksite injuries in the construction industry. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 6.5 million people work at approximately 252,000...
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Construction Injuries: 8 Guidelines for Preventing Accidents
The construction industry continues to increase safety measures, however, there is no doubt that it is a dangerous occupation. According to the Occupational Safety and...
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Buried Alive: Preventing Excavation and Trench Accidents
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), on average around 35 workers die each year as a result of trench cave-ins...
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Construction Hearing Loss: Searching for Sound Solutions
When considering construction worker injuries many people think of examples of injuries caused by physical accidents from impacts such as a fall from a ladder or...
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“Sunshine Bill” Aims To Improve Construction Safety In NY
Queens Assemblyman Francisco Moya gathered with many other advocates of the Scaffold Law earlier this month in support of maintaining the legislation which currently protects many New York construction...
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Top 7 OSHA Safety Violations In 2014
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an organization within the US Department of Labor that is responsible for establishing and enforcing workplace safety...
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Construction Accidents: The Dangers of Heavy Machinery
Construction sites are inherently dangerous. From elevated working conditions to hazardous tools and equipment, construction workers face many dangers day in and day out. Among...
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Construction Accidents: Preventing Ladder & Scaffolding Falls
According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), three out of every five fatal injuries that occur in the construction industry are the result...
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Why Are Workers Comp Claims Denied?
As of December 7th, 2014, over 6,300 injured workers have filed claims for workers compensation in New York State this year. In total, workers have collected...
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Can I Sue For Repetitive Strain Injury?
Repetitive strain injury, overuse syndrome, repetitive motion disorder – the medical literature is filled with different names for a common problem: cumulative trauma disorders (CTD)....
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Can I Get Workers Comp After Being Fired?
Since 2007, and the start of the Great Recession, unemployment has become a fact of life for many American families. In October of 2009, unemployment...
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Is Your Hardhat Enough? Safety and Injury on Construction Sites
Construction has long been considered America’s most dangerous industry. In fact, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration was created to address lagging safety standards within...
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Construction Accidents: OSHA’s “Fatal Four”
According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), more than 12 American employees die every day from work-related injuries. Every year, that comes to an...
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New York’s Labor Law 240(1) –The Scaffold Law
The lawyers at the Lipsig law firm fully support New York’s current Scaffold Law (Labor Law Section 240(1)) because it helps construction workers avoid serious...
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Construction Accident Victims In NYC
Injuries resulting from accidents on construction job sites tend to be particularly severe as a result of the dangerous nature of the work and equipment...
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Lipsig’s New York Construction Accident Attorneys Have Standout Track Record
Construction accidents have been on the rise, more than tripling in 2012 from the previous year. The injuries sustained from these job site accidents tend...
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When Workers Are Injured On The Job
Sadly, we often hear in the news of a worker being seriously injured, maimed or even killed at their workplace. These stories are tragic and...
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