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1/31/2008
Peter Panas
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When will it stop? Another tragic construction death
Well, it’s happened again – another hard-working New York City construction worker has lost his life on the job.  This time it happened when the worker fell 12 stories after the scaffolding he was standing on collapsed.  Another man who fell at the same time was seriously injured, while another co-worker was able to leap to safety.  So far investigators think that high winds are to blame.
 
We disagree.  How can the wind be at fault for a man’s death?  Isn’t the real problem here the fact that construction companies aren’t making worker safety a priority?  What really troubles us is that earlier in the day the City Department of Buildings had issued a warning to builders and contractors to secure tools and materials or to stop construction until the high winds had subsided.  If management in this case had listened to the warning, a man’s death could have been avoided, and another man’s serious injuries would never have happened.
 
This particular building – on Clinton Avenue, in Clinton Hill – has previously been cited for six violations.  How many more injuries and deaths will it take before builders and managers put safety before profit?


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