It seems that not a month goes by without a news story about construction workers getting hurt or killed while working on a scaffolding. Moreover, we have discussed the importance of scaffolding laws as crucial protections for injured workers and their families, even...
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Attack on NY’s construction “Scaffold Law” is stopped in Congress
Common sense teaches us that everyone should be able to do their job in a safe environment. This includes New York City construction workers.Recently, New York's well-known "Scaffold Law," which protects countless workers in the city (as well as throughout the state),...
Another scaffolding nightmare: Workers escape death in TriBeCa
New York City construction workers continue to be subjected to dangerous conditions on scaffolds. In recent months, multiple workers have died because of scaffolding mishaps; this summer, one man was killed by a falling beam on a site in Upper Manhattan.Recently two...
More loose scaffolding — and another NYC construction fatality
Another construction worker was killed by a falling piece of scaffolding in New York City, this time on a site on Riverside Drive in upper Manhattan. According to NBC New York, the city’s Department of Buildings (DOB) issued a stop-work order against the...
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