Two NYC Transit Workers Killed in One Week

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An update on a story we reported on earlier. A New York City transit worker was killed in late March while at a bus depot in Queens. The victim was Stephen Livecchi. He is a 59-year-old man. He was directing traffic at the depot at around 10 in the morning when the bus operation ran over him. The bus operator failed to see the man while he was driving in reverse. Livecchi had been at the job for 37 years and was pronounced dead at the scene. His sister-in-law, Clara Hunter, a 52-year-old, told the New York Daily News that, “We’re devastated. He...

08 April

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A New Law Seeks to Prevent Construction-Related Deaths

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A new law in New York City is looking to decrease the number of construction accidents and deaths. Last year, construction accidents took the lives of 12 workers in New York City. This information comes from the Department of Buildings. In Queens alone, three workers were killed and 95 were injured last year. Local Law 196 was passed and signed by Mayor de Blasio last October, and it went into effect on March 1. It mandates that workers and supervisors must draft a site safety plan and go through safety training. This law seeks to improve safety conditions and prevent accidents in...

05 April

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In Bronx, Hutchinson Parkway Reopened

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An accident that happened on April 4 in the Bronx led to Hutchinson Parkway being closed for a time. The NYPD have said that a New York City Department of Transportation worker was hit in the area at around 10:30 a.m. The man who was hit was George Staab, a 57-year-old resident of Long Island. He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. Sadly, he was pronounced dead at the hospital. The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene of the accident and was treated at the same hospital for minor injuries. The parkway was shut down by police at...

05 April

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Study Finds 222 NY Metro Workplace Deaths Happened in 2016

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Study Finds 222 NY Metro Workplace Deaths Happened in 2016

Further reporting on the important study done on workplace safety in New York has found that there were 222 deaths in the Greater New York Metro area related to workplace accidents. This information is from 2016. This is the same number of fatalities related to workplace accidents in the prior year. This information comes from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data looked at the New York/Newark/New Jersey/and Pennsylvania metropolitan area. The number of workplace deaths has ranged from 145 in the year 2010 to 236 in the year 2004. The biggest number of workplace deaths happened because of vehicle...

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Two NYC Transit Workers Killed in One Week

A New Law Seeks to Prevent Construction-Related Deaths

In Bronx, Hutchinson Parkway Reopened

Study Finds 222 NY Metro Workplace Deaths Happened in 2016