http://gothamist.com/2008/09/12/construction_worker_dies_in_scaffol.php All comments for Construction Worker Dies in Scaffolding Collapse en-us 2008 jen Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:27:23 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jen@gothamist.com jen@gothamist.com 60 http://gothamist.com/2008/09/12/construction_worker_dies_in_scaffol.php#comment-1466273 http://gothamist.com/2008/09/12/construction_worker_dies_in_scaffol.php#comment-1466273 Comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:50:29 -0500 <p>I live a block away from this construction site -- it's in South Harlem, not Morningside Heights.</p> http://gothamist.com/2008/09/12/construction_worker_dies_in_scaffol.php#comment-1460463 http://gothamist.com/2008/09/12/construction_worker_dies_in_scaffol.php#comment-1460463 Comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:54:35 -0500 <p>Hey, I went helmetless on a bike once. On Governors Island, where I could cruise at 7mph in the middle of the road with no cars around. What can I say, I'm an adrenaline addict. But you couldn't pay me enough to work that high without clipping in.</p> http://gothamist.com/2008/09/12/construction_worker_dies_in_scaffol.php#comment-1460235 http://gothamist.com/2008/09/12/construction_worker_dies_in_scaffol.php#comment-1460235 Comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:54:42 -0500 <p>Not tethering your lifeline if you're a construction worker on a scaffold makes as much sense as a cyclist not wearing a helmet.</p> http://gothamist.com/2008/09/12/construction_worker_dies_in_scaffol.php#comment-1460209 http://gothamist.com/2008/09/12/construction_worker_dies_in_scaffol.php#comment-1460209 Comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:48:25 -0500 <p>"Just last week, a crane rigger fell 40 stories--he, too, was wearing a harnessed but it was not attached to anything." How did I know this was going to be a Jen Chung post? </p>