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Barely into the new year, on January 2, 2023, tragedy struck Charlotte, North Carolina as a scaffolding collapse at a local construction site resulted in three fatalities and multiple injuries. The scaffolding collapsed just after 9:00 a.m. while crew members were on the scaffolding preparing for the day’s activities. Witnesses reported hearing loud bangs just before the structure came down, indicating that something had gone wrong with the scaffold. Emergency services quickly arrived on the scene and administered aid to…

A construction accident on New York’s Upper East Side injured three individuals. The accident involved a scaffolding collapse at a 26-story residential building at 220 East 65th Street between Second and Third Avenues. The building where the scaffolding accident occurred is known as The Concorde. The New York construction accident occurred just before 4:00 p.m. The scaffold collapse involved a so-called sidewalk shed that was supported by the scaffolding. All of the individuals injured as a result of the scaffolding…

Having reached what appears to generally be a period of normality following a year battling the coronavirus pandemic, more workers will be at construction sites and in other endeavors that involve the use of scaffolding. As a consequence, there will be an associated increase in scaffolding accidents and in the number of people who are seriously injured and killed in these types of incidents. With these realities on the horizon, it’s important to recount some important factors, facts, and figures…

A construction worker plummeted over three stories at an Amazon building site in Kingston, Massachusetts. Minimal details are available about the Amazon construction accident that occurred last week. Information that is known about the serious incident includes: The worker evidently fell through an open space intended for a skylight The worker fell over 30 feet The man was transported by medical helicopter to a major trauma center in Boston Although the worker’s injuries are known to be severe, no specifics…

The head of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, was once asked what he considered to be the most dangerous job in America. Without hesitation, the nation’s chief occupational safety official stated: “Cell phone tower worker.” The stark reality is that each year an ever-increasing number of cell phone tower workers suffer severe, horrific, and even fatal injuries as the result of cell phone tower accidents. Hundreds of people were injured in cell phone tower accidents in…