Thirty NYC Construction Workers Died in 2023 — the Most in a Decade of Tracking

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Thirty NYC Construction Workers Died in 2023 — the Most in a Decade of Tracking

Thirty construction workers died on the job in New York City in 2023 — the most in a decade, according to a new report.The annual analysis of federal Bureau of Labor Statistics data from the New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health (NYCOSH), a worker safety watchdog group, makes year-to-year comparisons at the death rate per 100,000 workers. Though the city’s construction fatality rate is virtually unchanged from the previous year, 20…

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Fatalities and Injuries Trending Downward, New Analysis Shows

What happened: The highway and bridge construction sector is making measured progress in reducing worker deaths and injuries compared to the broader construction industry, according to ARTBA analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.  Between 2011 and 2023 (the most recent years data is available) fatal injuries in the Highway, Street, and Bridge (HSB) sector declined 15 percent, while fatal injuries for the rest of the construction secto…

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The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) pondered in its annual report on construction deaths: “a significant increase in deaths of workers throughout the state and the persistence of racial disparities in deaths in the workplace.” It is confirmed that 30 workers died in fatal accidents at construction sites in 2023, the largest amount in a decade, according to the new report. The annual analysis of data from the Federa…