At noon, acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez is joined by Steve McInnis, president of the New York City Council of Carpenters, to draw attention to the increasing
number of worker fatalities, Cadman Plaza Park, Cadman Plaza West and Middagh Street, Brooklyn.
Not exact matches
The
number of fatalities at construction and industrial sites is decreasing overall, reports the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), but 42
workers in New York fell to their death in 2012, 10 more than the year before.
There are a relatively small
number of workers in this industry, but the risk
of fatality to these
workers is about 30 times what it is for those in all other industries.
From 2007 to 2011, Texas held the record for the highest
number of refinery / plant
worker deaths occurring on - site with 199
fatalities during that five year period.
Construction equipment operators were among the categories
of workers with the highest
number of fatalities during that same year, according to OSHA.
Fatality frequency count looks at the total
number of worker deaths in a given occupation.