What Types of Construction Site Injuries are Covered under New York Law?
The New York laws, more than most states, provide a significant level of protection to men and women injured on a construction site. Though the New York workers’ compensation laws prohibit an employee...
View ArticleWorkplace Accidents
In 1970 The Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed to protect workers from being killed or seriously injured in the workplace. This law requires employers to provide employees with working...
View ArticleNew York Scaffolding Accident Causes Injuries
On the morning of September 20, 2011 seventeen people were injured when a building scaffold collapsed onto a city bus at West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem. Fire Department...
View ArticleThird Party Liability in Work Related Injuries New York
A Brooklyn building under construction collapsed on March 22 crushing two construction workers, leaving them seriously injured. The accident took place in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, and injured...
View ArticleLatinos make up majority of fatal falls at construction sites in NY
A study done by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), finds that Latino and immigrant workers are at a disproportionate risk of dying from construction-site accidents in New York....
View ArticleNew York Construction Accident Claims Under NY Labor Law 240
New York Labor Law 240Sackstein, Sackstein & Lee, LLP, have won a $850,000 SettlementThe attorneys at Sackstein, Sackstein & Lee, LLP, have won an $850,000 settlement in a New York construction...
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