Category Archives: Workplace Injury
SKETCHES OF COURT: Verdict in favor of electrocuted plaintiff in labor law trial
Plaintiff was a journeyman electrician who was electrocuted at a public middle school construction project in Brooklyn. He claimed that this was because he and his foreman were required to work on wires that could not be traced to an electrical breaker panel in order to shut down the current, and because they were also […]
Rally with mock funeral procession calls for better safety at NYC’s construction sites
Mike Barasch applauded the construction union members’ demonstration outside his office, by City Hall. The 18 construction deaths in NYC last year should serve as a cruel reminder how dangerous a job these men and women have. “Construction safety must be a paramount concern whenever buildings are erected. We are all happy to see cranes […]
Construction Worker Falls 25 Feet in Midtown Accident
A construction worker at a Hudson Yards apartment complex project reportedly fell 25 feet on August 3. The worker was on the second floor of the building when witnesses say he plunged through a crevice. He was treated for serious injuries at Bellevue Hospital. Representatives for the Hunter Roberts Construction Group indicated they were cooperating […]
Corrections Officer permitted to Sue Employer and Collect Workers’ Compensation Benefits
A NYC corrections officer employed at Rikers Island sustained injury in the line of duty at the prison. Then, while he was being transported to a local hospital, the ambulance was involved in an accident, causing him further injury. He received workers’ compensation benefits for the injuries sustained in the prison, and started a law […]
Court Says an Extension Cord is not Proper Hoisting Equipment
An appeals court told the City of New York that it has to give laborers doing brick work at a public school suitable materials, such as a mechanical hoist, to raise and lower buckets of cement from one level of the work site to another. The plaintiff, who worked for the contractor renovating the school […]
Worker Dies in Construction Accident in Manhattan
An accident in the Garment District in Manhattan led to the death of a construction worker, according to the Fire Department of New York. The FDNY was present on the scene responding to an accident call from a construction project located on West 37th Street near 8th and 9th avenues. Investigators obtained video taken on […]
Upper East Side Crane Accident Leads to Wrongful Death Trial
A May 2008 accident featuring the collapse of a 200-foot-tall crane on Manhattan’s Upper East Side has had a lasting legal impact. Now, a wrongful death trial that had previously been postponed is once again up and running, and the owner of the crane is the defendant in yet another lawsuit stemming from the accident. […]
Firefighter Files Lawsuit After Suffering Injury in Gas Explosion
A New York firefighter is filing a lawsuit against the city, Con Edison and a landlord of a building in East Harlem after being injured while responding to a major explosion caused by a gas leak this past March. While responding to the explosion, which caused several fatalities, the firefighter says that he suffered a […]
Bronx Frozen Ice King Dies in Workplace Accident
The owner of Delicioso Coco Helado, a beloved Bronx institution since the 1960s, was killed early in the morning on September 19 when he was crushed underneath a security gate. Surveillance footage shows Alfredo Thiebaud, 74, had already pressed a button to lower the gate and was attempting to dump garbage and make it back […]
