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Four Dangers New York City Residents Face on Elevators
New York City’s elevators make about 35 million passenger trips each day, according to the city’s Department of Buildings (DOB), which oversees elevator inspections citywide. In all, New York City has about 84,000 elevators that are under the jurisdiction of the DOB. Of those, 63,000 are passenger elevators — a number that is greater than …
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New York City Seeks to Lower Blood Alcohol Content Threshold
New York City as well as safety advocacy groups are pushing for a major change to help crack down on impaired drivers by lowering the state’s legal blood alcohol concentration threshold (or BAC) for driving while intoxicated from 0.08% to 0.05%. According to CBS New York, among those who are fighting for this change is …
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Three Main Reasons Why Ladder Accidents Occur
For a number of laborers and workers in the construction industry, using a ladder is very much a part of the job. Ladders are an integral tool for any building or construction project — whether it’s residential roofing, a large commercial building or a solar panel installation project. While ladders are essential for laborers to …
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Truck Jackknife Accidents: Who Can Be Held Liable?
The term “jackknifing” in the context of a truck accident is used to describe apotentially deadly situation on the roadway involving a tractor-trailer that has lost control. Here, the trailer of the truck swings out to one side as the vehicle is slowing down and ends up creating a sharp angle with the cab — …
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Immigrant Worker Fatalities Involving Unsafe Scaffolding Rise
Over the recent years we have seen that in many construction sites across the state, immigrant workers have been injured or killed disproportionately. According to a recent article in the Observer.com, New York City’s immigrant workers are also being seriously affected by scaffolding accidents at construction sites. This upward trend in scaffolding deaths and injuries, …
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