Every day, construction workers risk severe injuries while performing their jobs. In New York, workers' compensation benefits cover salaries and medical bills for workers who sustain injuries at construction sites while operating equipment and machinery. Although...
Construction Injuries
The high risk of musculoskeletal injuries as a masonry worker
New York is a state filled with all sorts of buildings, from tall skyscrapers to small delis. For these buildings to go from blueprints to real structures, masonry workers help ensure that construction projects get completed. Unfortunately, they're also working in a...
Serious construction injuries must be properly documented
Construction injuries in New York City and elsewhere often put an injured worker in a position of reliance on workers' compensation benefits. The family may have to struggle to maintain its prior standard of living after a key member suffers construction injuries....
Fall down elevator shaft causes fatal construction injuries
The number of accidents that occur on building sites in New York City has been the subject of many discussions and calls for increased compliance with safety regulations and more employee training. Construction workers in New York have been dying at an unacceptable...
Trenches can pose extreme danger to construction workers
Construction workers in New York will likely face excavation hazards on almost every project. Trenches are some of the most dangerous places in which to work. Many construction company owners disregard the safety regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health...
Construction injuries suffered by workers in runaway elevator
Elevator accidents involving construction workers are fairly common in New York City. These often occur with new systems being installed and tested in new construction, or they can sometimes occur under various circumstances in older buildings. Construction injuries...
Construction injuries include high voltage electrical accidents
New York City continues to enjoy a period where construction work is booming. Despite the positive economic news that comes with that fact, there is always an increase of construction injuries at the same time. At the height of the increased work activities, employers...
Construction injuries send 3 to hospital after collapse in Queens
Multiple people risked their lives at a rescue operation in New York City on a recent Tuesday afternoon. Three workers suffered construction injuries in a partial collapse of a building in Queens. After using every piece of equipment on the FDNY rig, firefighters...
The hazards of working beneath the earth
There are probably numerous things you enjoy about your construction job. Maybe you like the physical labor, working outdoors and the good people who work alongside you. Hopefully, you make good money to enable you to support your family. Obviously, there are things...
Construction injuries befall 13 workers due to building collapse
Construction sites in New York City and elsewhere sometimes involve the collapse of part or all of a building that is under construction. This happened in another state recently when an apartment complex unit under construction collapsed, injuring 13 workers. In the...
