NYC lawmaker stresses safety training after month’s 3rd death
Dive Brief:
- There have been three construction-related deaths in New York City already this month, and city council member Robert Cornegy Jr. has taken the opportunity to remind building officials how important it is that they implement the construction safety training laws passed in 2017, Crain’s New York Business reported.
- One worker fell to his death while performing brickwork in Brooklyn, and another died after he was hit in the head by a stone as he performed exterior work on a Manhattan residential building. The third worker was crushed as he was assembling a crane at a separate jobsite.
- Cornegy said the fatal accidents were “a chilling reminder of the danger the men and women who build our city are subjected to day in and day out” and that the safety training prescribed by the city would be a “vitally important way to prevent future fatalities like these.”
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