Ever want to give your point of view to attorneys who represent workplace accident victims and always seem to blame the employer? Well, now’s your chance, especially after one New York injury attorney released a statement that expresses his bewilderment over continuing construction accidents.

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Tags: construction deaths, David Perecman, scaffold

Expecting an employee to construct a proper scaffold from materials and tools available at a worksite violates state labor law, according to a New York state court.

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Tags: New York state labor law, responsibility for safety, scaffold

When is a fire escape not a fire escape? When it’s a scaffold, according to a New York Court.

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Tags: demolition, fire escape, scaffold

When OSHA inspects scaffolding, it’s not enough to have erected it properly. The agency also looks at the integrity of the component parts.

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Tags: Fatality, safety violations, scaffold, scaffolding collapse