A reader passed long this photograph of workers assembling scaffolding outside a building on West 37th Street. He was also troubled enough by the sight of the workers, eight stories above the street, not wearing harnesses and are walking on unsecured boards that he called 311.
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Vertigo Alert: Workers Setting Up Scaffolding In Midtown
Construction Worker Dies in Scaffolding Collapse
It's a phrase that's become too familiar: Yesterday, a worker died in a construction accident. According to the Daily News, Miguel Rodriguez, 38, fell five stories from his scaffolding: "Rodriguez was wearing a harness, but it was not tethered to the W. 111th St. building in Morningside Heights where he was repointing bricks, witnesses and officials said." In Brooklyn, a worker was injured when he fell three stories at a site--he was not wearing his harness. Acting Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri said, "These things should never happen. If you're a construction worker, be safe, wear your harness and tie your lifeline." Just last week, a crane rigger fell 40 stories--he, too, was wearing a harness but it was not attached to anything.
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