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Built on Safety: The Lifesaving Legacy of New York’s Scaffold Law – LaborPress

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The year was 1885. Brooklyn was still its own city, American industry was booming, and buildings in New York were rising rapidly. But there was a major problem—construction workers were dying. Injuries and deaths on construction sites were common. Newspapers regularly reported on incidents caused by defective scaffolds, ladders, and other platforms. In response, the New York State legislature passed its first scaffold law, aiming to protect const
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laborpress.org broke the news in on Monday, May 5, 2025.
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