New York State Laws recognize the rights of those who build, repair, restore, and modernize the buildings, roads, homes, schools, trains, utilities, escalators, elevators, and the general infrastructure of our city. Equally important are strict laws that exist to protect worker safety on these job sites.
But, the undeniable fact still remains that injuries on construction sites still kill more workers than any other types of jobs, second and third only to mining and agriculture. According to OSHA, 20% of all job-related fatalities, and 1 in 10 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in the US, happened to construction workers in 2010. The biggest culprit? Falls from heights. But, tragically, forklift injuries, toxic materials like solvents, defective or inadequate equipment and exposed power lines constitute the vast majority of hazards that contributed to the more than 1,500 deaths, and nearly 400,000 injuries to construction workers last year.
Even what are diagnosed by doctors as simple sprains, are never that simple, and can put an employee out of work for months, even years, while the injury heals.
As for workers compensation benefits: they are often never enough for a family to live on, particularly with the mounting medical expenses they often incur due to the accident or death of a worker.
New York's labor laws provide important protection that is required for those who work from elevated heights. Furthermore, these labor laws mandate that the industrial code is strictly enforced and followed to best ensure the safety of workers.
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