Asphalt plant explosion sends injured worker to hospital
Some jobs in New York are inherently more dangerous than others. While there are certainly workplace injuries that can be suffered from office jobs — mostly repetitive motion injuries that worsen over time — oftentimes, the most serious and dramatic injuries happen at construction or industrial worksites. This appears to be the case in an incident […]
The Scaffold Law in New York
On 8th Ave and 54th St, two men were left hanging 500 feet in the air for an hour and a half. The two men were technicians, working for Tractel Harness, and were cleaning the windows of the Hearst Tower when the scaffold’s center motor stopped working, causing the scaffold to collapse in the middle, rendering it […]
1 killed, 2 injured as car slams into Queens auto-body shop
One person was killed and another two were injured when a car crashed into an auto-body shop in Queens last week. According to police, two vehicles were proceeding down 126th Street when one vehicle “clipped” the other, sending it careening into New Pamir Auto Body Shop. A 33-year-old man who was standing outside the shop was […]
DMV: Only 46 Percent of NYC Residents Pass Driver’s Test
There are many causes for car accidents, of course, ranging from weather conditions to vehicle failure. Bad drivers — for lack of a more technical term — are one of the leading causes of car accidents. Because of that, the latest statistics from the New York Department of Vehicles seem to be cause for concern. In […]
State Medical Boards Slow to Punish Negligent Doctors
According to an article recently published in USA Today, state medical boards are slow to take action against physicians who commit malpractice. The article found that many of the nation’s medical boards have failed to revoke the licenses of many of the physicians who have been fired by private medical facilities, barred from hospitals or […]
More than 2 dozen died at work from intentional harm in 2012
When we write about workplace deaths on our blog, most of the time, these deaths are accidents. Construction workers are often prone to suffer a fatal workplace accident, but they are not the only ones who lose their lives on the job. In fact, according to statistics, last year there were 26 people in New York […]
Tourist sues city after losing leg in taxi accident
Our readers in New York might remember a pedestrian accident from this past summer that garnered a lot of attention. A British tourist who was visiting Rockefeller Center was hit by a taxi that jumped a curb and plowed into her. New Yorkers sprung into action to help her. A plumber who happened to be […]
Tragic death of child pedestrian in Harlem raises safety concerns anew
The sad death of a six-year-old on his way to school who was run over by a semi truck in East Harlem on February 28, 2013, has raised emotions and highlighted the awareness of New Yorkers to the dangers associated with living in a huge city. Little Amar Diarassoubba was reportedly in the crosswalk with […]
Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach okay after NYC car accident
The former coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers was involved in a car accident in New York City on Sunday. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt in the collision. We say “luckily” because that is a fairly unusual result. Very serious injuries are quite a common result of car accidents, and in some cases, people even […]
Family of New York Woman Crushed in Elevator Accident Sues
In a city like New York City, where skyscrapers are plentiful and many people must use elevators to get to high floors, elevator accidents are not uncommon. As any New York elevator accident lawyer knows, such accidents can be extremely dangerous, and even deadly. The surviving family members of a New York woman who was […]