He was just 27 years old when his life came to an end in a construction accident about 160 miles west of New York City, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.The construction worker was apparently buried alive under at least 10 feet of dirt, according to local media...
Month: June 2011
Injuries persist after New York bus crash
It has been a long, hard journey for one young student with interests in biochemistry, biomedical sciences and mathematics. He came from Nepal to get a college education in the United States, only to find himself trying to recover from a back injury sustained when a...
Brooklyn construction accident injures two
They say that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. But what happens when the house throws rocks? That's what happened a few days ago at the controversial Atlantic Yards Project in Brooklyn.The Brooklyn Paper reports that a construction accident involving a...
Scaffolding collapse sends two to hospital
With all the skyscrapers in New York, it's no wonder so many people are employed washing their windows, performing their scheduled maintenance or repairing their fixtures. Given how dangerous scaffolding is, it is also no surprise how often people are injured doing...
New York City Fire Department cutbacks loom
Cutbacks loom for New York City's Fire Department. The mayor and City Council have approved a budget that provides for elimination of 20 fire companies on July 1.This means that response times are inevitably going to rise when firefighters and emergency medical...