Following a February 5, 2016 crane accident that killed a passerby when the crane working on a rooftop toppled over onto the street below, the city put an emergency ban in place which disallowed the use of crawler cranes if the wind speeds reached 20 miles-per-hour or...
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Construction Worker Run Over by Forklift
On February 19, 2016 Hector O. Duarte-Roque, a construction worker for Montauk Beach Dock and Pile Inc., was building a dock at the Lake Club when he was run over by a forklift. Police are still investigating how the accident occurred, and whether the forklift was...
New York Times Article Exposes Lapsed Safety on Construction Sites and the Accidents that Arise from It
Recently, The New York Times published an expose shedding light on the rising number of injuries and fatalities in the construction industry over the last two years. The investigation uncovered that although construction has risen by 11% in the last fiscal year, the...