Personal Injury Law

New York Decrease Of On-the-Job Deaths In 2007

The ny1.com website reported in an article on October 6, that government officials have released a report detailing the number of on the job deaths for 2007 in the state of New York. According to officials, the number of on the job deaths was 81 for 2007. The bulk of the deaths were related to construction accidents. Officials have been keeping record of this morbid stat for 16 years.

So far, and not withstanding the three months left in 2008, New York has seen almost 24 fatalities due to construction accidents. Included in these are the nine people killed in two separate crane collapses. In efforts to curtail construction related injuries and/or deaths, city officials have issued new guidelines for construction crane operators in order for them to get licensed.

Full post as published by New York Injury Talk Blog on March 02, 2009 (boomark / email).