Workplace Injuries

• Asthma Rates Increase for 9/11 Workers

  Jenny Albano | August 28, 2007 2:06 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A survey found that workers who were located in the toxic rubble on September 11 were 12 times more likely than normal to have asthma. The study was released Monday, August 27, by the New York City Department of Health, which was based on responses gathered by the World Trade Center Health Registry.The data show 3.6 percent of the 25,000 rescue and recovery workers in the registry reported...

• New York Residents Worry About Contaminated Building

  Shannon Weidemann | August 27, 2007 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The 26-story Deutsche Bank building near the World Trade Center site caught on fire on August 18th. Two firefighters were killed trying to put the fire out. The building is currently unoccupied and being cleaned up of toxic substances before being demolished. The building was damaged on September 11th when the south tower of the World Trade Center fell on it. The Aug. 18 blaze at the...

• Two Injured in Construction Accident at Deutsche Bank Building

  Chrissie Cole | August 26, 2007 1:14 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Two fire fighters were injured in a construction accident at the former Deutsche Bank building when a piece of scaffolding collapsed, on Thursday.Work to demolish the building, located across the street from the World Trade Center that was destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, had been stalled following a fire, Saturday, that claimed the lives of two firefighters. A small group of workers...

• Investigation into 2 Firefighters' Deaths in New York

  Courtney Mills | August 22, 2007 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Police opened an investigation into a fire this week that killed two firefighters at the site of a ground zero skyscraper with a broken water supply system. According to media reports, both the New York State Attorney's office and the Manhattan District Attorney's Offices were investigating the matter.There was no functioning sprinkler system in the skyscraper that could have put out the fire...

• Police Department to Release Study that Tracks Health of 34,000 Officers from 9/11

  Chrissie Cole | August 16, 2007 2:04 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  In the six years following the World Trade Center Attacks, on September 11, 2001, the city's contention over world trade center illness has often times spotlighted police officers who stood guard at the site.Two cases that quickly come to mind are Detective James Zadroga whose family succeeded in convincing city officials that his death was linked to toxic dust from the site and Officer...

• World Trade Center Rescue Dog Dies of Cancer

  Shannon Weidemann | August 14, 2007 10:02 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A black labrador retriever named Jake has lost his battle with cancer. Jake was a rescue dog that worked a Ground Zero to help find survivors of the World Trade Center attack. It is unknown if he was suffering from a World Trade Center illness. No one can say whether the dog would have gotten sick if he hadn't been exposed to the smoky air at Ground Zero, but cancer in dogs Jake's age -- he...

• Las Vegas Construction Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | August 13, 2007 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A construction worker on the site of the MGM-Mirage's City Center in Las Vegas was killed while working in an elevator shaft. The construction accident happened on Thursday around 6 o'clock. The man died on the scene. Construction came to a stop on the main hotel and casino portion of the CityCenter project after a fatal accident left many wondering what went wrong. One of their own was...

• World Trade Center Victim's Remains Identified

  Chrissie Cole | August 09, 2007 1:52 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  New York City Medical Examiner, on Tuesday, announced they had identified the remains of another victim among more than 1, 100 people who died at the World Trade Center, on September 11, 2001, but whose bodies had not been recovered.The remains found at Ground Zero, in October, were identified as Edward Ryan, 52, of Scarsdale, New York.Vice president of Carr Futures Inc, Ryan, was amongst 68...

• Federal Study Shows Lack of Consistent World Trade Center Illness Programs

  Shannon Weidemann | July 25, 2007 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A new study was released by the Government Accountability Office showing that the goverment lacks clear and consistent programs to diagnose and treat people that have affected by World Trade Center Illness. There is also a wide range of cost estimates to implement a course of action. The agency overseeing 9/11 health issues, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, "does not...

• Ailing 9/11 Rescue Workers Sue Insurance Fund & Mayor

  Jane Akre | July 18, 2007 5:08 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  It's been nearly six years since the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed following a terrorist attack into "Ground Zero" devastation. In that time, thousands have waited for compensation from a $1 billion FEMA fund ordered by Congress to compensate rescue workers first on the scene amid the toxic air.Now Worby Groner & Napoli Bern have filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court seeking...