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Two Major Construction Safety Updates: Strengthening Worker Protection in 2026

construction site with workers

By Stephen J. Maloney, Jr. New York City has enacted two significant construction safety reforms in early 2026, to address both physical hazards and overall worker wellbeing. Construction workers are…

Navigating a Construction Accident Lawsuit

Navigating A Construction Accident Lawsuit

Speed isn’t the only concern at NYC construction sites. New Yorkers speak over 800 different languages. This linguistic and ethnic diversity is a very good thing, but at construction sites,…

What is Carlos’ Law and How Does It Affect Construction Accident Claims?

What is Carlos' Law?

S.621B/A.4947B, Carlo’s Law, took effect in January 2023 and could affect the amount of compensation in a job injury claim. However, for the most part, this criminal law doesn’t affect…

What Are the OSHA Fatal Four Construction Injuries?

What Are the OSHA Fatal Four Construction Injuries

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Fatal Four construction injuries are the deadliest construction site injuries. Because of the high risk of serious injury, employers have a…

Occupational Injuries and Occupational Diseases: What’s the Difference?

Occupational Injuries and Occupational Diseases What is the Difference

In some ways, these two job injury claims are very different. Occupational injuries, like falls, usually happen suddenly and without warning. On the other hand, an occupational disease, according to…

職場での目の保護と怪我の防止

目の怪我の保護

毎年、約 100 万人のアメリカ人労働者が目の重傷を負っています。他の多くの人が眼病を発症します。これらの怪我や病気の約 90% は予防可能です。以下に概説するように、…

建設事故の上位 5 つの原因

建設事故の原因

ニューヨークでは建設事故が非常に一般的であるため、建設事故の主な原因を次に示します。労働安全衛生局である OSHA には、59,000 人の労働者ごとに 1 人の検査官しかいません。

ソーシャル メディアは私の人身傷害請求に影響しますか?

ソーシャルメディアの人身傷害

ニューヨーカーの 3 分の 2 以上が定期的にソーシャル メディア プラットフォームを使用しているため、この質問は多くの人身事故に影響を与えます。以下に概説するように、Facebook の投稿やその他のソーシャル メディアの投稿やいいね…