Workplace Injuries

• 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...

• Children Exposed to Toxic Dust Following 9/11 Have Developed Respiratory Symptoms

  Chrissie Cole | November 29, 2007 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...

• Chapel Hill Construction Accident Injures Man

  Shannon Weidemann | November 16, 2007 3:18 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...

• New York Construction Worker Struck and Killed by Truck

  Chrissie Cole | October 31, 2007 8:22 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...

• Eight People Injured in New York City Construction Accident

  Chrissie Cole | October 19, 2007 2:07 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...

• Aurora Construction Accident Injures Two Workers

  Shannon Weidemann | October 10, 2007 11:35 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...

• Two Clinics Opening to Treat WTC Illnesses

  Shannon Weidemann | September 21, 2007 7:16 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...

• Crew Claims Exposure to Asbestos in Borough Hall Renovation

  Jenny Albano | September 13, 2007 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  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...

• 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...

• 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...