Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Worker Rescued After Falling 25 Feet Into Pit At Long Island Construction Site Worker Rescued After Falling 25 Feet Into Pit At Long Island Construction Site
Worker Rescued After Falling 25 Feet Into Pit At Long Island Construction Site A worker was pulled to safety after falling about 25 feet into a large foundation pit at a Long Island construction site. It happened around 10:15 a.m. on Friday, May 8 in Searingtown at 60 Shelter Rock Road, Nassau County Police said. The Emergency Services Unit rescue team performed the extrication by utilizing a mechanical hauling system with ropes and a stokes basket.  The 36-year-old worker was packaged into the stokes basket and hauled up the 25 feet safely in stable condition.  He was then transported to a local hospital for medical treatment of a head injury an…

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by Joe Lombardi
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Construction Worker Killed In Jersey City Trench Collapse Construction Worker Killed In Jersey City Trench Collapse
Construction Worker Killed In Jersey City Trench Collapse A 35-year-old construction worker died after a trench collapsed on him in Jersey City Thursday morning, authorities said. The worker was installing a water line on Route 440 when the incident occurred around 9:30 a.m., the city's director of communications Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. Occupational Safety and Health Administration was at the scene as of 12:40 p.m.

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
$2M Settlement Reached After 21-Year-Old Construction Worker's Fatal Fall From Castle Forklift $2M Settlement Reached After 21-Year-Old Construction Worker's Fatal Fall From Castle Forklift
$2M Settlement Reached After 21-Year-Old Construction Worker's Fatal Fall From Castle Forklift A $2 million settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a 21-year-old construction worker who fell to his death from a forklift in Morris County in 2016. The forks fell off a forklift as it was lowering Michael Montero of Elizabeth, who was on-site of the Legacy Castle in Pequannock, the Occupational Safety Health Administration and his family said. Montero, formerly of Belleville and Pompton Plains, fell 20 feet to his death and was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to Clark Law Firm, representing Montero's family. Th…

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by Cecilia Levine
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Long Island Woman Killed By Falling Plywood Long Island Woman Killed By Falling Plywood
Long Island Woman Killed By Falling Plywood A 67-year-old Long Island woman was killed after a piece of plywood flew off a building under construction and struck her as she was walking by the site. The incident took place around 9:44 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 16, in the area of 41-28 Main Street in Flushing, Queens, said the New York City Police. According to police, Xiang Ji, of Westbury, died after the piece of plywood flew off the building, striking her. Officers found Ji unconscious and EMS transported her to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Queens where she was pronounced dead, NYPD said. "Heartbreaking news out of Queens," Mayo…

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by Kathy Reakes
Norwalk, CT
Police & Fire
ID Released For Construction Worker Killed In Norwalk Fall ID Released For Construction Worker Killed In Norwalk Fall
ID Released For Construction Worker Killed In Norwalk Fall A construction worker who fell to his death while working during the early morning hours on the SoNo Collection in Norwalk has been identified. Lorgio Jimenez-Suarez, 52, of Astoria, fell around 2:39 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the new shopping area located at 100 North Water Street, said Lt. Terry Blake with the Norwalk Police Department. Blake said Jimenez-Suarez fell from an elevated height. Arriving officers rendered aid to Jimenez-Suarez, who was transported to the Norwalk Hospital by ambulance where he later died, Blake said. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was noti…

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by Kathy Reakes
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Teen Dies From Injuries Suffered After Falling From Scaffold In Freeport Teen Dies From Injuries Suffered After Falling From Scaffold In Freeport
Teen Dies From Injuries Suffered After Falling From Scaffold In Freeport A teenage construction worker has died after falling 25 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, 18, has been identified as Alberto Mejia-Montoya of Hempstead, Nassau County Police said on Tuesday, July 2. According to detectives, officers were called to the construction site for a report of two injured workers.  While working at the site, both men were standing on a scaffold that broke, Nassau County Police …

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by Joe Lombardi
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Construction Worker Collapses On 4th-Floor Scaffold Outside HUMC Construction Worker Collapses On 4th-Floor Scaffold Outside HUMC
Construction Worker Collapses On 4th-Floor Scaffold Outside Humc Firefighters, construction workers and staff at Hackensack University Medical Center teamed up to get a worker who’d suffered a medical episode on a scaffold 50 feet above the street inside the building Tuesday morning, responders said. The 30-something worker had been doing heating and ventilation work on the Second Street side of HUMC around 11 a.m. when a co-worker “saw him slouched over, not breathing, and began CPR,” Police Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Hackensack Volunteer Ambulance Corps who climbed the scaffolding with firefighters continued resuscitation efforts, ci…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
PD: Worker Fell 50 Feet Through Unmarked Hole In Downtown Hackensack Parking Garage PD: Worker Fell 50 Feet Through Unmarked Hole In Downtown Hackensack Parking Garage
PD: Worker Fell 50 Feet Through Unmarked Hole In Downtown Hackensack Parking Garage UPDATE: A worker fell more than 50 feet Friday morning from the parking garage of a high-rise tower under construction in Hackensack when he stepped on a piece of unmarked plywood that someone used to cover a hole, authorities said. The 49-year-old victim from Elizabeth was conscious and alert when he was brought to Hackensack University Medical Center following the 7:30 a.m. mishap on Main Street, said Capt. Darren DeWitt. "He was on the second level of the parking garage that is under construction when he fell through a hole and landed on the concrete floor approximately 50 feet below," …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Responders Prevent 5K-Pound Cooling Towers Over Edge From Crashing To Street In Westchester Responders Prevent 5K-Pound Cooling Towers Over Edge From Crashing To Street In Westchester
Responders Prevent 5K-Pound Cooling Towers Over Edge From Crashing To Street In Westchester Crews from the Yonkers Fire Department worked quickly and effectively on Monday afternoon to prevent air cooling towers weighing more than two tons from coming crashing to the ground off a building. The department received an emergency call shortly after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 30, when strong gusts of wind moved a pair of units perched atop a building in the heart of Yonkers, Deputy Fire Chief Daniel Flynn said. The towers were moved to the edge of the top floor of a construction site near at the intersection of Warburton Avenue and Main Street. The units were on top of the site of a fut…

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by Zak Failla
Ridgewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Ridgewood Firefighters Retrieve Loosened Metal Hanging Over Street Ridgewood Firefighters Retrieve Loosened Metal Hanging Over Street
Ridgewood Firefighters Retrieve Loosened Metal Hanging Over Street Ridgewood firefighters removed two pieces of metal that were dislodged from the roof of a construction site on New Year's Day -- one of which hung perilously over the sidewalk. High winds dislodged the metal from behind 54 East Ridgewood Avenue. Village firefighters, in turn, employed a 95-foot tower ladder to remove them. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bridgeport, CT
Business
Construction Firm Cited For Exposing Employees To Hazards At Worksite In Bridgeport Construction Firm Cited For Exposing Employees To Hazards At Worksite In Bridgeport
Construction Firm Cited For Exposing Employees To Hazards At Worksite In Bridgeport A South Carolina construction company faces nearly $150,000 in proposed fines for exposing workers to hazards at a construction site in Bridgeport. Columbia, South Carolina-based LLE Construction LLC faces $146,554 in penalties, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), as reported here by Westfair.  OSHA inspectors observed employees installing shingles and a skylight without fall protection at the Bridgeport site, which was not specified. LLE also was cited for failing to provide fall protection, train employees to recognize fall ha…

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by Daily Voice
Rivertowns, NY
News
Workers Pulled From Old TZB Due To Weather, Not Safety Says Thruway Authority Workers Pulled From Old TZB Due To Weather, Not Safety Says Thruway Authority
Workers Pulled From Old TZB Due To Weather, Not Safety Says Thruway Authority Related story: Second Span Of New Tappan Zee Bridge Opens When workers were pulled from work on the old Tappan Zee Bridge on Wednesday morning, rumors began to swirl that there was a safety problem with the old structure. But this time, the New York State Thruway Authority was quick to stomp out the rumors by issuing a statement saying the workers were taken off due to weather conditions. "Tappan Zee Constructors (TZC) has confirmed that there is no evacuation of workers on the old Tappan Zee Bridge – they simply ended their shift due to rain conditions and their work will resume wh…

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by Kathy Reakes