Personal Injury Law

An Analysis of Crane-Related Deaths at Construction Sites and Recommendations for Their Prevention

The New York City crane collapses of March 15, 2008, and May 30, 2008, and the collapse of a 20-foot crane section in Miami that fell 30 stories, killing two construction workers and injuring five, set off an alarm within the construction community and city dwellers. An in-depth report on U.S. crane fatalities made by The Center for Construction Research and Training in response to these incidents found the number of crane-related deaths among construction workers is significant, with an average of 22 workers killed annually. The report?s findings, released this past June, used Bureau of Labor Statistics? worker fatality data from 1992 to 2006 on construction workers: the numbers and causes of death, the trades of workers involved, the size of employers, and types of cranes involved.

Full post as published by Legal Blog on August 30, 2008 (boomark / email).