Anniversary of Deadly NYC Crane Collapse
Survivors of a crane crash, neighbors, and elected officials gathered on March 15 to mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly construction accident that killed six construction workers and a tourist. They observed a moment of silence for the victims.
According to the article on Philly.com by the Associated Press, the crane collapsed as it was being lengthened during the construction of a high-rise apartment building.
Three separate investigations blamed faulty rigging of an 11,000-pound crane part in the collapse. According to the article, workers attached the wrong number and type of protective slings to the steel brace meant to attach the crane to the tower under construction. This caused the brace to fall, which knocked out lower attachments to the building, resulting in the crane toppling into the quiet residential neighborhood near the United Nations.
A four-story town house was demolished and more than a dozen other buildings were damaged. After the crane accident, the city’s buildings commissioner resigned and the city passed dozens of new rules overseeing construction and cranes.
The family of the workers who died should have been entitled to workers compensation benefits from their employer. It was in their best interest, however, to also contact an experienced workers compensation attorney who carefully examined the incident and identified any negligence or wrongdoing.
Any worker who has sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of their employment has a potential workers’ compensation claim. Some types of workers’ compensation injures in Pennsylvania include construction injuries, repetitive stress to a body part, and environmental hazards.
By law, it is required that every company in Pennsylvania carry Worker’s Compensation Insurance in the case an employee is injured on the job, becomes ill due to circumstances surrounding their job or even if death results from their job.
The dedicated and top PA work injury lawyers of Cherry, Fieger, and Marciano will do everything possible to get the monetary compensation that is owed to you to help pay for medical bills, physical therapy, loss of work and more.
