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Look around any construction site, and you are likely to see workers wearing protective gear, restricted areas and numerous warning signs. This is because construction sites are dangerous. And unfortunately, the potential for these risks only escalates as projects get...

We see commercial vehicles like trucks, buses and large vans just about everywhere in New York. We see them on our way to work; we get caught behind them in traffic. And while they present little more than a slight annoyance on most days, the fact is that these...

Every driver in New York should know that driving while distracted is dangerous. However, people often think that if they just refrain from texting or surfing the web while driving, they avoid distracted driving. But there are several things drivers do that distract...

The old saying, “Accidents will happen,” is dangerous and represents a kind of fatalism that is at odds with the best efforts to promote job safety. A better saying would be, “Accidents don’t have to happen.” Our experience is that when accidents do happen, there is...

Falls remain one of the most common types of serious accidents on construction sites, yet one potential culprit is often overlooked: Mast climbers. While these machines have been available to use since the 1980s, they have become more common over the past decade....