InjuryBoard New York City Archives

• New York Construction Worker Struck and Killed by Truck

  Chrissie Cole | October 31, 2007 8:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A construction worker, 37, of Dayton, was struck and killed in a construction accident, Wednesday, by a co-worker driving an excavator.Dennis John, Cattaraugus County Sheriff, "It's an accident where I think it was inattention on the flagman, taking for granted that the excavator wasn't coming his way, walked in the path and once the excavator got a hold of his foot or whatever, there was...

• Nursing Home Aide Sent to Prison for Stealing from Patient

  Chrissie Cole | October 25, 2007 7:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  A former Waters of Orchard nursing home aide has been sentenced to the next 16 months to four years in prison for stealing $8,000 from a 97-year-old nursing home patient.The aide, 22, a former drug addict, of Buffalo, pled guilty in May to fourth-degree grand larceny and second-degree attempted forgery for stealing $8,000 from a patient. She was fired from her job.Friday, the State Supreme Court...

• Eight People Injured in New York City Construction Accident

  Chrissie Cole | October 19, 2007 2:07 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A construction accident, Wednesday, injured eight people when a construction crane bucket fell 53 stories from the top of a skyscraper, crashing into the mid-Manhattan building's glass facade raining down debris.The accident occurred at 1 p.m., at One Bryant Park, the site of a Bank of America Tower that is currently under construction at 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue, according to a New York...

• Dunkin Donuts Recalls Glow Sticks for Choking Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | October 17, 2007 12:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Dunkin Donuts, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of one million orange and pink Halloween glow sticks that were given away for free with donut orders.The recalled glows sticks were not adequately labeled to warn consumers that the cap and lanyard can detach, posing a choking hazard to small children. The lanyard also poses a...

• City May Settle World Trade Center Lawsuit

  Shannon Weidemann | October 16, 2007 3:02 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Over 9,000 people have filed suit with the City of New York after they have become sick with World Trade Center Illness. Many responded to Ground Zero to help with the rescue and then clean up operation. The city is now interested in trying to come to a settlement agreement that is in the best interest of everyone involved. "Every time we are sued we will always take a look and see whether...

• Aurora Construction Accident Injures Two Workers

  Shannon Weidemann | October 10, 2007 11:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Two men were injured at a construction site in Aurora this morning. They were excavating at the Verona Ridge subdivision at Indian Trail and Deerpath Road. The construction accident involved an excavator. An excavation bucket became dislodged, rolled over and crushed the chest of a 48 year-old worker around 1:30 p.m. The second worker suffered a minor shoulder injury, officials...

• Cub Scout Badges Recalled for Lead Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | October 06, 2007 2:33 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Boy Scouts of America issued a recall of plastic badges that are used to award Cub Scouts, because they may contain excessive levels of lead in the paint. Lead can be toxic if ingested by small children.Kahoot Products Inc., the company that supplies the badges, notified the national Scout organization earlier this week about its concerns that the totem badges may contain lead levels in...

• Lab Mislabeling Caused Women to Get Mastectomy

  Jenny Albano | October 03, 2007 11:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  At first doctors told Darrie Eason that she had breast cancer, but then four months later, after she had already completed a double mastectomy, the doctors told her that the results had been a mistake. Apparently her tissue sample had been mislabeled at CBLPath medical lab in Rye Brook.Eason sued CBLPath in state supreme court in Mineola last month, seeking an undisclosed sum of money. The 1...