Posted on July 30th, 2010
Federal officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are proposing changes to crane and derrick rules for the first time since their creation.
The new rules are being put in place to prevent more than 20 workplace fatalities and multiple more injuries a year. The new rules include a requirement that states that crane operators must be trained in the equipment they are using.
This certification will take four years to obtain. General contractors must also be trained to make sure that the ground operations are safe to operate the cranes from. These new rules will effect 267,000 crane and construction companies.
If you have been injured in a construction accident, contact the Queens construction accident lawyers of Parker Waichman, LLP by calling 1-888-244-2273 today.
Posted on July 23rd, 2010
A rigging contractor was acquitted of charges dealing with a crane collapse in a construction accident in Manhattan that killed seven workers. The case also revealed the inspection process from the city’s building inspection department may have some illegal aspects.
The State Supreme Court made the decision on the case without a jury. The contractor’s lawyers fought that the man was made a scapegoat for errors made by the city.
The prosecutors argued that the man used faulty slings to hold the crane while it was being raised. The most serious charge that the man faced was second-degree manslaughter. Prosecutors looked very surprised when the judge delivered the verdict.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a construction accident due to an employer’s negligence, contact the Queens construction accident lawyers of Parker Waichman, LLP by calling 1-888-244-2273.
Posted on June 29th, 2010
Statistics released this year for the state of New York show that construction accidents are the biggest contributer to workplace injuries and deaths.
City officials released a report titled “Summary of Vital Statistics 2008″ in January this year with information on workplace accidents causing injury and death. According to the report, construction accidents led the list of workplace accidents, causing 34.4 percent of workplace accident deaths in 2008. In New York, ninety people were killed on the job in 2008, 31 of which worked in construction.
Over half of the construction deaths were due to slip and falls. Other top causes included negligence and equipment failure.
Transportation accident caused deaths ranked second, contributing 26.7 percent of workplace accident caused deaths in New York in 2008.
If someone you love has been the victim of a construction accident, contact the Queens construction accident wrongful death lawyers of Parker Waichman, LLP at 888-244-2273 to learn more about your rights.
Posted on June 17th, 2010
This past Tuesday, a roofer working at “American Chopper” co-star Paul Teutul Jr.’s new building died in a tragic construction accident.
The unidentified 26-year old roofer from Beacon, New York worked for Middletown roofing company. Witnesses say the man was working on the roof when he stepped backwards into a hole and fell forty feet. Officials stated that he died at the scene in Montgomery, approximately 60 miles north of New York City.
Teutul recently leased the building to open his own motorcycle business. No “American Chopper” cast or crew were on site at the time of the accident.
Our utmost sympathies go out to the roofer’s family and friends.
Posted on June 16th, 2010
June 7th, a construction worker was injured when working on a construction project on a parking garage in the Upper East Side.
A large 10 foot by 13 foot piece of concrete fell from the roof of the parking garage on Fifth Avenue onto the man’s arm. Construction crews were performing maintenance on the underground garage to a residential building between East 69th and 70th streets. When the concrete fell, the construction worker’s arm became pinned between a pipe and the concrete.
Fire and law enforcement officials state that the man was rushed to New York Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell hospital but the injury was not life threatening.
If your or someone you know has been injured in a construction accident, contact the Queens construction accident lawyers of Parker Waichman Alsono LLP at 1-888-244-2273 to learn more about your rights.
Posted on June 14th, 2010
A contractor working on the ongoing construction on Throgs Neck Bridge was injured last month, after slipping off a ladder and falling 20 feet.
Louis Mendoza, 46, was working on installing fencing around the Queen’s tower when he fell from his ladder around 11 AM on May 28th. Though his fall was slowed by a safety rope, Mendoza still took a hard hit to the concrete below, injuring his arm and head. Firefighters helped Mendoza onto a FDNY boat which carried him across the water to Fort Totten, where an ambulance waited to take him to North Shore University Hospital.
Mendoza suffered from a fractured arm and minor head injury.
If you or someone you know has been injured in a construction accident, contact the Queens construction site fall lawyers of Parker Waichman, LLP at 1-888-244-2273 to learn more about your rights.
Posted on April 9th, 2010
The collapse of a three-story building in Brooklyn left three construction workers and one passerby injured.
A crew from China Perfect Construction, of Brooklyn, was renovating a three-story building by adding a fourth floor to it. At 1:30 p.m. the building collapsed and left two workers buried and one suffered minor injuries. A passerby was injured after attempting to help out fellow crew members in digging the workers out.
The building was built in 2008 and received a violation from the Buildings Department for exterior cracks in May 2009. There is currently an investigation to find out the cause of the collapse.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a construction accident, contact the Queens construction accident lawyers of Parker Waichman, LLP today at 1-888-244-2273.
