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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'constructionfatality'

April 14, 2008

A construction worker at an East 67th Street condominium construction site fell to his death this morning. The worker had been installing windows at the 23rd floor, and he fell onto a 14th floor balcony. Buildings Department Commissioner Patricia Lancaster issued a statement saying, "It appears the nylon safety strap connecting the worker to the building failed. As part of our investigation, our team is now auditing the method the crews used to install the......

Continue Reading "Construction Worker Killed at East 67th Condo Site"

March 18, 2008

Photograph of workers removing a body from the rubble yesterday by David Karp/AP Investigators suspect that a nylon strap may have started a horrifying chain reaction of events that caused a crane to collapse onto other buildings. Yesterday, emergency workers found the bodies of three missing people, construction workers Santino Gallone and Clifford Canzona, and Florida resident Odin Torres who was in town visiting a friend, raising the total dead to seven. Dozens more......

Continue Reading "With 7 Dead, Focus on Collapsed Crane's Nylon Sling"

March 17, 2008

Photograph above taken of the crane's boom, leaning against 300 East 51st Street, with another crane standing by to remove it, by digiart2001 on Flickr; photograph below of a fire hose - residents are getting water from fire trucks - by AllwaysNY on Flickr Rescue crews have recovered the bodies of three people missing since Saturday's fatal crane collapse from a construction site at 303 East 51st Street onto other buildings on East 51st......

Continue Reading "FDNY Finds Three Remaining Crane Collapse Bodies; Death Toll at Seven"

March 13, 2008

At an East New York construction site, a neighboring building's wall partially collapsed, killing one of the workers yesterday morning. The construction site was for a commercial building at 791 Glenmore Avenue, the neighboring building was a residence at 795 Glenmore. The workers had been digging a foundation at 791, when 795's wall became compromised. Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster said there was "evidence of shoddy work conditions" and that the wall should have been shored......

Continue Reading "Brooklyn Wall Collapse Leaves Construction Worker Dead"

January 30, 2008

Today's high winds may be to blame for a construction worker's death in Fort Greene. Around 10AM, the FDNY tells WNBC that a "construction worker had been working on the 13th floor when are large gust of wind picked up the scaffold he was standing on and blew him over the edge and on to a setback at street level." The other worker, who was knocked from the 13th floor scaffolding to the 10th floor,......

Continue Reading "Construction Worker Dead, Another Injured at Brooklyn Building"

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