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NEW YORK CITY CONSTRUCTION
NYC construction industry downshifts as
employment and safety difficulties rise
October 17, 2008 – The New
York City construction industry is on a paved road toward employment and
safety problems, as job cuts, mounting safety violations and a stale economy
hammer away at industry growth.
According to a NYC report released
yesterday by the New York Building Congress, the city’s construction industry
set a record this year with 130,100 jobs – but by 2010 the industry is expected
to shed some 30,000 of these positions as the economy weakens.
Safety violations, another concern
This prognosis comes on the heals of a recent Department of Labor report identifying fall hazards as the biggest safety problem at construction sites in New York. According to preliminary statistics, 24 construction workers died in the city in 2007. Of those, 14 died from falls.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration this year fined 46 construction sites in the city for 129 safety violations totaling $247,400. Nearly a third of the violations involved fall hazards.
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see also:
Struck-By
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NYC Construction
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Construction Accident Lawyer
Construction accident lawyer for a free review of your injury claimConstruction accident lawyer will help you win compensation for bills
