Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Details Emerge In Fatal Long Island Pit Collapse Details Emerge In Fatal Long Island Pit Collapse
Details Emerge In Fatal Long Island Pit Collapse Click here for an updated story: Body Of Second Worker Recovered In Long Island Pit Collapse Details have been released after a worker died and a second contractor was presumed dead when sand collapsed on them as they were installing a septic tank in a pit on Long Island. The incident happened around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 in Upper Brookville on the 1200 block of Wolver Hollow Road near the intersection of Pine Valley Road. The two men working at the site are ages 57 and 45. The area the men were working was about 25 to 30 feet below the surface. According to Nassa…

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by Joe Lombardi
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Seawall Collapses Sending Forklift, Its Operator Into Greenwich Harbor Seawall Collapses Sending Forklift, Its Operator Into Greenwich Harbor
Seawall Collapses Sending Forklift, Its Operator Into Greenwich Harbor No one was injured, but it caused quite a stir when a seawall collapsed sending a forklift, and its operator, into Greenwich Harbor. The incident took place around 8:10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, when local police, fire, and EMS were dispatched to a construction site at 702 Steamboat Road, on a report that a seawall had given way taking a forklift along with it, said Greenwich Police The forklift operator was shaken up, and wet, after being helped out of the water by co-workers, but escaped serious injury, said Greenwich Police Lt. John Slusarz. Part of the seawall located at the rear of the…

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by Kathy Reakes
Norwalk, CT
Police & Fire
Worker Injured After Hitting Head In Fall At Norwalk Construction Site Worker Injured After Hitting Head In Fall At Norwalk Construction Site
Worker Injured After Hitting Head In Fall At Norwalk Construction Site A worker was injured after hitting his head in a fall at a construction site in Norwalk. It happened around 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 at the building foundation for a recreation center at St. Matthew Church on Scribner Avenue in Norwalk. The Norwalk Fire Department responded to the call requiring a high angle rescue.  The 58-year-old worker had fallen approximately 8 feet and struck his head while working on the foundation, the fire department said. The accident, which occurred below grade, required the firefighters to secure the patient in a rescue basket and use a ladder, and ro…

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by Joe Lombardi
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Tenafly Firefighters Free Worker In Home Construction Site Fall Tenafly Firefighters Free Worker In Home Construction Site Fall
Tenafly Firefighters Free Worker In Home Construction Site Fall A 55-year-old worker was hospitalized in a 10-foot fall Thursday morning at a Tenafly home construction site. Firefighters got the Newark worker out after he fell into the basement area of a new foundation, with no way out, at the Buckingham Road site just before 9 a.m., police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. The Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to Hackensack University Medical Center with head and shoulder injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, Moncada said. OSHA was notified.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
One Killed, Two Injured In Port Jefferson Station Construction Crew Accident One Killed, Two Injured In Port Jefferson Station Construction Crew Accident
One Killed, Two Injured In Port Jefferson Station Construction Crew Accident One man was killed and two others injured in a construction crew accident on Long Island. It happened at about 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9 in Port Jefferson Station, Suffolk County Police said. Bryan Masem, 41, of the hamlet of Yaphank in Brookhaven, was driving his 2016 Chevy pickup truck southbound on Bicycle Path when he passed a construction crew that had a cable guide wire lying on the ground across the roadway near 617 North Bicycle Path, police said. The construction crew was preparing to hoist the wire into place above the roadway. As Masem’s vehicle passed over the wire, …

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by Joe Lombardi
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Teen Critically Injured After Falling From Scaffold In Freeport Teen Critically Injured After Falling From Scaffold In Freeport
Teen Critically Injured After Falling From Scaffold In Freeport A teenage construction worker was critically injured and another person hurt after they fell about 30 feet from a makeshift scaffolding at a construction site on Long Island. The incident occurred at a new home under construction on South Bayview Avenue in Freeport just before 2 p.m. Monday, July 1. The teen, 17, reportedly hit his head after the fall. Both victims were transported to South Nassau Hospital. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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by Joe Lombardi
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Gas Leak At Fair Lawn Construction Site Temporarily Closes Eastbound Route 4 Gas Leak At Fair Lawn Construction Site Temporarily Closes Eastbound Route 4
Gas Leak At Fair Lawn Construction Site Temporarily Closes Eastbound Route 4 A gas leak at a construction site temporarily closed eastbound Route 4 in Fair Lawn Tuesday morning. A contractor hit a gas mean at a building under construction between East and West Amsterdam avenues, the former site of the Spivak Lighting building, around 9:30 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Adjacent buildings were checked, as well. One lane of eastbound Route 4 was reopened around 10 a.m. before all lanes eventually were reopened. A PSE&G crew joined Fair Lawn police and firefighters at the scene. The gas leak temporarily closed eastbound Route 4 in Fair Lawn on Tuesday.Google…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Poughkeepsie, NY
News
Worker Seriously Injured After Falling From Roof In Poughkeepsie Worker Seriously Injured After Falling From Roof In Poughkeepsie
Worker Seriously Injured After Falling From Roof In Poughkeepsie A 25-year-old man performing construction work on a home was seriously injured after falling from a roof. The accident took place around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 132 Kensington Lane in Poughkeepsie, said Arlington Fire District Deputy Chief Bill Steenbergh. When Arlington firefighters and EMTs arrived on the scene they found the injured man on the frozen ground in "quite a bit of pain," said Steenbergh.  Responding crews immediately worked to stabilize the man until a Mobil Life helicopter could arrive at the scene. "I would say he had substantial injuries, but a sign…

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by Kathy Reakes
Ridgewood, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Ridgewood Firefighters Rescue Construction Worker Who Fell 20 Feet Into Basement UPDATE: Ridgewood Firefighters Rescue Construction Worker Who Fell 20 Feet Into Basement
Update: Ridgewood Firefighters Rescue Construction Worker Who Fell 20 Feet Into Basement Firefighters rescued a worker who fell 20 or so feet off a ladder Monday morning into the basement of a new home under construction in Ridgewood. Rescuers brought a Stokes basket and ropes along after the 10:30 a.m. mishap on North Monroe Street. After they got him out through a window well, the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps rushed the 28-year-old worker to the trauma unit at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson. He complained of pain in his back, leg and hand, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. A paramedic team from The Valley Hospital also responded. Boyd A. Lovin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Paterson Construction Worker Falls To Death From Building Roof Paterson Construction Worker Falls To Death From Building Roof
Paterson Construction Worker Falls To Death From Building Roof A construction worker fell to his death from the roof of a building Tuesday morning in Paterson, authorities said. Joseph Perillo, 56 of Woodland Park, fell from a Michigan Avenue building and into an empty dumpster at 9:13 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a release.  Perillo was found by first responders with serious injuries and was transported to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators are on scene, and there is no evi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Stamford, CT
Police & Fire
Worker In Critical Condition After Falling 30 Feet Through Opening On Roof Of Stamford Business Worker In Critical Condition After Falling 30 Feet Through Opening On Roof Of Stamford Business
Worker In Critical Condition After Falling 30 Feet Through Opening On Roof Of Stamford Business A roofing employee fell more than 30 feet through a skylight, landing on a concrete warehouse floor while working on a Stamford's businesses' roof. The incident took place around 1:34 p.m. Wednesday at 55 Sunnyside Ave., after the employee misstepped and fell through the opening, said Stamford Fire Deputy Chief Eric Lorenz.  The man received critical head injuries, as well as other injuries, Lorenz said. He was transferred to a local hospital in critical condition. This is a developing story. Check back Daily Voice for updates.

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by Kathy Reakes
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Injured Construction Worker Rescued By Firefighters In Fairfield County Injured Construction Worker Rescued By Firefighters In Fairfield County
Injured Construction Worker Rescued By Firefighters In Fairfield County A construction worker had to be rescued after shoring gave way and fell on top of the man who was standing below. The incident took place Thursday at 1 Greyrock Place in Stamford when structural shoring being removed gave way, falling on a worker who was positioned below it, said Stamford Fire Capt. Philip Hayes in a statement. Responding units from the Stamford Fire Department and Stamford EMS found the worker in an elevated confined space area of the building which was under construction, Hayes said. Three fire trucks responded to the scene and firefighters stabilized and disentangled th…

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by Kathy Reakes