New York City Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Workplace Injuries

A 43-year-old contractor was killed in Logan, Montana on Monday after falling from a roof. The construction accident happened on a new house under construction. The victim was working on the roof when he feel 20 feet and died. The victim was working on the roof of a new house near Logan Monday morning when he fell off a ladder. Officials say they are still trying to determine how he fell 20...

The World Trade Center attacks on September 11th happened six years ago but for many people effects still linger. A new study by UC Irvine has shown that even people that were not directly affected by 9/11 may now be suffering heart problems because of stress. The study shows there may be more victims of World Trade Center Illness than previously thought. Most of them had no pre-existing...

A plan the would have allowed greater access to health care for those suffering from World Trade Center Illness was stopped by the CDC. The proposed program would have reimbursed doctors for treating patients that live outside of the New York City area. Many rescuers traveled from across the country and are now feeling the effects of the toxic fumes and materials that filled the air following...

A man working as a glazier on an Atlantic City hotel under construction was injured in a fall. He was installing windows on the Borgata Hotel & Casino. Rescue workers credit his safety harness for saving the construction workers life. The construction accident happened on Thursday. Instead of falling to the ground, the man wound up wedged in a roughly 2-foot-wide space between the tower wall...

A group of lawmakers from New York and New Jersey is pushing Congress to pass a $109 Million spending bill for those affected with World Trade Center Illness. The money was added onto a $500 Billion spending bill and Senator Hillary Clinton is hoping that it passes. As a senator, Clinton has pushed for years for the government to provide a long-term health care program for those sickened from...

A construction worker was killed Friday, December 7, at a construction site in the Bronx. The man was pinned between two pieces of heavy equipment and then was dropped into an eight foot deep hole. Authorities have not released the man's name so they could inform the family first, but the company, Underground Water and Sewer of the Bronx, identified the worker as Bekim Hysenlekaj.Hysenlekaj...

New data shows 1,700 children exposed to toxic dust following the attacks on the World Trade Center have developed respiratory symptoms. 53% of the 3,100 children included in the survey, all of which are enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry, suffer from symptoms such as coughing, shortness of breath and wheezing, according to the city health department.The survey also found that...

A construction worker was injured in a crane accident in Chapel Hill on Wednesday morning. The man fell 10 to 15 feet into a trench. He was moving a concrete vault into the trench. The accident happened at 410 McCauley Street behind a power plant on the campus of UNC Chapel Hill.Officials say the crane tipped over at the site of the campus' co-generation facility.It took two hours to rescue...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In order to treat 20,000 more patients for illnesses related to the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, the City of New York is opening two more clinics. It will cost the city $33 million to fund the new sites for the next five years. The Mayor of New York City is asking for more federal funding to help pay for those suffering from World Trade Center Illnesses. To coincide with the...

A man, 67, working on a natural gas pipeline was killed in a construction accident, Saturday, when he was thrown from the machine and it rolled over him.The accident occurred while the construction worker, of New Jersey, was working on the Millennium Pipeline in Harriman State Park, located approximately 30 miles north of New York City.Federal regulators approved the 182-mile pipeline, with a...

A crew working on a renovation for Borough Hall in Staten Island claim that they were exposed to asbestos. The workers included 6 inmates and 2 officers that were supervising. Now the officers have filed a notice of intent to sue the city for damages, and the inmates have expressed a desire to join the suit.The inmates were asked to tear up some carpet and floor tiles in a half-gutted office...