This blog recently discussed the dangers of construction accidents for construction workers and the dangers of fall-related construction accidents to construction workers. Several hours from Utica, a New York City construction worker was recently seriously injured...
Month: December 2015
Protecting families after a fatal construction accident
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration provides detailed, comprehensive advice for Utica employers about how to protect construction workers from fall accidents. But still, falls from roofs, scaffolds or ladders continue to claim the lives of more and more...
What does OSHA recommend to Utica workers for fall protection?
Of course, ladder falls are only one type of fall injury that can occur on a given construction site. Falls from roofs and scaffolds, falls through holes, and even construction injuries from falling objects are regarded similarly by the Occupational Health and Safety...
Are ladder falls preventable?
Utica residents are used to seeing construction workers operate in some spectacular settings, including extreme heights. The other side of this image, however, is the statistic that falls from roofs, scaffolds or ladders and other similar elevations are the leading...
What does workers’ compensation do to protect workers?
Workers in New York might be familiar with the idea of workers' compensation, but are not fully aware of what it is and what it does. Having a grasp on how workers' compensation benefits serve as protection to workers in the event that they are injured and can make it...