In New York City, a memorial including the Hardhat Procession into the Cathedral will be held this afternoon at St Patrick’s Cathedral during which OSHA’s Manhattan Area Office Director Kay Gee and Labor Liaison Laura Kenny will read names of construction workers killed on the job in New York City…
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Negligent truck driver hiring puts road users at risk of dangerous accidents and expose commercial cariers to expensive lawsuits
With the actual growing shortage of qualified truck drivers, trucking companies may be tempted to lower their hiring standards to avoid turning down jobs. These companies should keep in mind that by scarifying safety for profit they put themselves at the mercy of a negligent hiring lawsuit. Trucks are dangerous…
Bronx Bridge built in 1932 listed as one of the top 10 most traveled “structurally deficient” bridges in New York State
Everyday around 150,000 vehicles travel on a Bronx bridge that was built in 1932 and that may be about to collapse. The bridge which is the connector carrying the northbound lanes of the Major Deegan Expressway over an abandoned subway track is the oldest bridge listed in the top 10…
9 people seriously injured including 3 in critical conditions in SUV accident in Bronx, NYC
9 people suffered severe personal injury after a SUV crashed into a wall early this morning at 5:30 am at Exit 13 of the northbound New England Thruway in the Bronx, New York. The driver of the SUV, a Cadillac Escalade from a car service company, lost control of the…
In New York City cyclists have a higher risk of death in a traffic accident than pedestrians
Today we are looking at fatal pedestrian and bicycle accidents in New York and in the US.This is part 3 of of our series on the Walking and Bicycling Alliance 2014 Benchmarking report. Globally since 1980, the pedestrian fatality rate and the bicyclist fatality rate have been decreasing significantly in…
5 young people suffered personal injury in two motorcycle accidents in Queens, NYC
Two men in their 20s riding on a bike were seriously injured after they were hit by a car in Astoria, Queens on Tuesday night around 7:00 am. Then early Wednesday around 5:00 am, a motorcycle collided with a car at the intersection of Union Turnpike and Woodhaven Blvd in…
GM files a motion in the Federal Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York asking judge Gerber to enforce a provision shielding the new company from product liability lawsuits related to accidents that occurred before July 10th 2009
The GM restructuring plan approved by Judge Gerber in New York in 2009 protects the automaker from product liability lawsuits related to incidents that happened before July 10th 2009, the date when the restructuring agreement went into effect. Yesterday GM filed a motion with the Federal Bankruptcy Court for the…
Camilla Parker Bowles’ brother, Mark Shand, dies from severe head injury after slip and fall in New York last night
Camilla’s 62 year old brother died as a result of a serious head injury that he sustained in a fall last night in New York. Mark Shand was in New York to attend the Faberge Big Egg Hunt auction at Sotheby’s, a fundraising event for his charity, the Elephant Family.…
Department of Buildings Seminars: Rebuilding after Sandy – 2014 New York City Construction Codes Overview
the 2014 NYC Construction Codes include new enhanced standards to prepare buildings for extreme weather in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and the DOT is organizing training events to inform the industry professionals about these changes. The seminar will provide an overview of the changes made to the NYC Construction…
Mc Guiness Boulevard in Brooklyn where many pedestrians and bicyclists have been injured or have died in auto accidents will be the third 25 MPH Arterial Slow Zone in NYC
Numerous bicyclists and pedestrians have been severely injured and several of them have lost their lives in traffic crashes along Mc Guiness Blvd in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The corridor nicknamed “Hipster Highway” is notorious for passenger vehicles and large trucks speeding. Two years ago a study by Transportation Alternatives showed that…