Workplace Injuries

• World Trade Center Sick Travel to Washington

  Shannon Weidemann | February 27, 2008 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Two busloads of first responders to the World Trade Center attacks traveled to Washington D.C. yesterday in order to ask for better health care coverage for themselves and others. Thousands are people are believed to suffer World Trade Center Illness after being exposed to toxic fumes and rubble. Two jetlines flew into the buildings on September 11, 2001 causing them to collapse. Thousands of...

• New Construction Laws Proposed in New York City

  Shannon Weidemann | February 12, 2008 9:52 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Following a rise in construction deaths and injuries in New York City, new laws intended to protect construction workers have been proposed by the city's Building Commissioner. Construction accident injuries have rised 63 percent since 2006. New regulations include registering of concrete contractors and changing which projects require a safety manager. Currently a builiding must be 15...

• Study Done on Preschoolers and World Trade Center

  Shannon Weidemann | February 10, 2008 10:32 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Researchers have finished a study on preschoolers who were exposed in some way to the events of September 11th. They wanted to access any long term effects or trauma that the children suffered from the World Trade Center attacks. Some of the children saw people fall from the tower or the towers collapse. They found that children that had a previous traumatic experience were more likely to...

• Worker Killed at Trump SoHo Construction Site

  Chrissie Cole | January 14, 2008 11:08 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  One worker was killed and one seriously injured in a construction accident at the Trump SoHo construction site when a bucket full of wet concrete careened into scaffolding and sent debris flying 40 stories.Construction workers and authorities said the bucket, which was being hoisted by a crane near the 41st floor, fell into some scaffolding supporting near the top of the building at about 1:55...

• Man Dies in Logan Construction Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | January 10, 2008 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...

• World Trade Center Causing Heart Problems

  Shannon Weidemann | January 09, 2008 11:42 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...

• World Trade Center Illness Plan Stopped

  Shannon Weidemann | December 26, 2007 10:50 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...

• Atlantic City Construction Accident Injures Man

  Shannon Weidemann | December 23, 2007 10:36 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...

• Lawmakers Push for $109 Million for World Trade Center Sick

  Shannon Weidemann | December 12, 2007 5:21 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...

• Death at Construction Site in the Bronx

  Jenny Albano | December 09, 2007 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...