Workplace Safety at Elevated Construction Sites

The risk of death or serious injury at workplaces continues to be a threat:

• On the job accidents took the lives of 37 New York State construction workers in 2010 alone (NYS Dept of Labor)

• OSHA inspectors found violations of work site safety standards in 67% of NYS construction site inspections in 2008.

Devastating accidents can be prevented. Too often, prevention takes a back seat to corporate profits.

We need to make sure that New York Construction workers are kept safe from construction accidents.

New York's Scaffold Law is one of the most effective and important workplace safety statutes in the nation.

The Scaffold Law applies to elevated construction activities and provides that an owner or contractor is strictly liable for injuries resulting from their own failure to proved the prescribed safety equipment and training. The Scaffold law takes into account that many deaths and injuries associated with working at elevated construction sites could be avoided melely by requiring that the site owners and contractors provide vital safety equipment which properly protects workers.

New York protects its workers from irresponsible acts of contractors and owners who put their workers in harms way.

Should you be injured in a contstruction accident of any type, including those occuring at an elevation, you should seek legal counsel to discuss your rights.

At Bosco and Mascolo, Esqs LLP we have handled many worker injury cases that occurred at construction sites. Should you be in this situation, you should contact us to discuss your construction accident and your rights in such a case.