Two New York window washers were left dangling 140 feet in the air after one side of their carriage suddenly dropped. The two men were washing windows on the 14th floor of a building located on Lexington Ave near 99th street when the accident happened.The two men were safely harnessed and…
A major step in Vision Zero plan to reduce the number of injury and death related to traffic accidents in New York City has been achieved this week. Albany just granted Bill deBlasio the authority to reduce the maximum speed limit from 30 mph to 25mph in all 5 boroughs…
Former Traffic Commissioner Sam Schwartz, also known as Gridlock Sam because he coined the term gridlock, believes the following measures would be effective in cutting down the number of pedestrian accidents in New York City. forensic investigation of all fatal and severe accidents by a traffic engineer more pedestrian…
When OSHA inspectors visited RWS, a plant that makes wood shavings for animal bedding, they found explosive combustible shavings all over the equipment and the floor with accumulation reaching as high as one foot in some areas. Adding to that employees were authorized to smoke in locations where excessive wood…