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As development increases throughout the Bronx, the dangers to workers and other members of the community increase. If negligence leads to a catastrophic or fatal injury at a construction site, you can count on our team of attorneys for help.

The Law Office of Michael H. Joseph stands with injured workers and other people affected by construction accidents. We work with a skilled investigator who will visit the job site where the incident occurred. The information gathered there in conjunction with other available evidence will help us build a strong construction accident case.  Whether it's an injury claim, a wrongful death lawsuit, or personal injury  you will not pay our law firm a cent unless your case is successfully resolved.

If you or a loved one has been injured at a construction site, contact our law firm. You can also reach our New York City construction accident lawyers by phone.

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Attorney Michael H. Joseph and his team of skilled construction accident lawyers are here to help injured workers and their loved ones.

Workers' compensation is a type of insurance that is intended to cover injuries sustained while performing your duties on the job. These benefits can be sought if a construction accident was the result of a supervisor's negligence, a co-worker's negligence, and even your own negligence. Keep in mind that injured workers are not guaranteed to receive compensation benefits, even if they file a legitimate injury claim.

You may have grounds to file a construction accident lawsuit if there were dangerous conditions at the job site, health or safety violations were present, or unsafe equipment was being used. The compensatory and possible punitive damages awarded in a lawsuit are much higher than the compensation granted through workers' compensation. Yet filing a lawsuit does not guarantee a successful verdict or settlement.

The city that never sleeps never stops building either. But when companies start cutting corners on worksite safety and training, it’s the workers that pay. 

In the first five months of 2021 alone, seven people died in construction-related fatalities in New York City. In response, the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) kicked off a “zero tolerance” crackdown on safety violations.

Inspectors issued 3,600+ safety violations and nearly 1,500 stop-work orders. In the Bronx alone, DOB inspectors visited 722 sites, issuing 365 safety violations and 144 stop work orders. 

Unfortunately, one crackdown on safety violations won’t keep construction workers safe. “Construction deaths will be inevitable without constant vigilance,” noted one member of the NYC Council’s Committee on Housing and Buildings.

The Law Office of Michael H. Joseph is ready when construction site accidents lead to trauma and death. Our NYC construction accident lawyers each have more than 20 years of experience.

And accidents will continue. Consider these 2021 construction accidents in the Bronx, which all happened after the city sweep for safety violations started in June:

• Two men were critically injured in a Bronx scaffolding collapse on October 30, 2021. The men were doing interior construction at a building at 925 Hunts Point Ave. when it gave way and they fell 20 feet to the ground, according to a story by the New York Post quoting the New York Police Department.
• A worker was buried in a trench collapse at a worksite on Mosholu Avenue in the Riverdale section of the Bronx on Dec. 16, 2021, reported ABC7TV. The worker, who was buried up to his waist, was transported to  Jacobi Hospital in serious but stable condition.
• The front of a Bronx building under repair collapsed sending a few tons of debris onto a protective sidewalk covering, collapsing it, reported ABC7TV. The incident happened in August 2021 at a West Tremont Avenue building. Thankfully, the collapse did not occur the following day when seniors lined up in front of the building for “Senior Pantry” day. According to a preliminary investigation, construction workers were being hoisted up in a suspended scaffold along the front wall at the time of the collapse.      

There was a fatal construction accident on Bruckner Blvd. near Lincoln Ave. in Mott Haven on May 19, 2021. One construction worker was killed and another construction worker severely injured when an elevator carrying both men fell four stories. According to the Daily News, the construction supervisor died from injuries sustained in the elevator crash, while the other worker was taken to Lincoln Hospital in critical condition.

The four-story building where the accident occurred is being renovated into a K-6 charter school. Another construction worker died in a fall at this same building in December 2019.

Construction accidents like these may increase as more developments move forward throughout the Bronx.