Portchester, NY Construction Worker Killed Working In New York City

[From article]

A construction worker died on the job Thursday when a piece of wood struck him as he attempted to dismantle scaffolding from a West Village luxury condo, cops said.
Louis Mata, 32, was on the ground floor of The Printing House on Hudson Street near Leroy Street, working to remove the scaffolding, when the debris plummeted from the 10th floor of the structure, killing him, police said.
When cops arrived on scene at 5:05 p.m., they found Mata, of Port Chester, N.Y., unresponsive with severe neck and back injuries. EMS rushed him to Lenox Hill Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

http://nypost.com/2016/04/22/worker-dies-at-west-village-condo-construction-site/

Worker dies at West Village condo construction site
By Amanda Woods
New York Post
April 22, 2016 | 3:28am

Construction Crane Falls in Manhattan, One Dead Several Injured

[From article]
A pedestrian was killed and three other people injured — two seriously — when a massive construction crane collapsed in Lower Manhattan on Friday morning while it was being lowered as a precaution due to the wind, officials said.
David Wichs, 38, of West 81st Street had been standing on the street when the crane crashed down on him, killing him, authorities said.
A 45-year-old woman from New Jersey suffered a head laceration and leg injury and was taken to New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital.
A 73-year-old man suffered a head injury when the crane fell on his car. He was in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital.
Winds were about 20 mph Friday morning — nearing the crane’s maximum allowable wind speed of 25 mph — so a decision was made to secure the giant machine, said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The crane — which is owned by Bay Crane and operated by Galasso Trucking and Rigging Inc. — was brought to the site on Jan. 30 to replace air conditioners and generators on the roof of 60 Hudson St., which used to house Western Union, officials said.
With city building inspectors on hand, the boom of the crawler crane was extended to its maximum length of 565 feet at 6:20 a.m. Thursday to reach farther over the roof, he said.
Capotosto, Bob Ganley and Vincent Vallelong found another injured man in the street who appeared to be unconscious and a woman who was leaning against a building, blood trickling from her forehead.
“We rendered some aid to her. It was a little bit of chaos in the street,” Capotosto said. “(The crane) came down and it crushed every car on the block. Thankfully there was only one person inside one of the cars.”
Three PBA cars were destroyed.
“As bad as it is, we lost a life out there, but it could have been worse. Because of the weather, there were not a lot of people out there,” he added.

http://nypost.com/2016/02/05/crane-collapse-in-manhattan/

Video captures fatal crane collapse in Manhattan
By Natalie Musumeci, Shawn Cohen, Kevin Fasick and Yaron Steinbuch
New York Post
February 5, 2016 | 8:51am | Updated

http://nyp.st/1R9vGyO

Fallling Crane

http://nyp.st/1R9vGyO

On Ground Showing Damaged Cars

Boston Construction Worker Fell From Crane Five Stories High

[From article]

A construction worker was injured early Wednesday in a fall from a cherry picker at a site in Boston.
The worker fell six stories while working at a building at 1047 Commonwealth Avenue.

http://www.wcvb.com/news/worker-falls-5-stories-from-cherry-picker/36753304

Worker falls 5 stories from cherry picker
Boston accident under investigation
UPDATED 8:32 AM EST Dec 02, 2015

Harvard University Real Estate Empire Construction Promises 250 Parking Spaces

Large truck and car parked in No Stopping Zone, new Harvard Art Museum in background November 8, 2014, 3:48 PM

Will any of the 250 parking spaces be available for the numerous tour buses which park in and around the mid Cambridge neighborhood in residential areas? When the monster CGIS edifices were erected 2002, 26 parking spaces were lost on Prescott Street. Harvard officials promised they would be "re-allocated." Was this promise fulfilled? Two more spaces lost in 2015 on the same street (now loading spaces) due to the use of the streets near the new improved Art Museum as a truck depot. Who are the genius architects who design these new improved edifices which ignore reality, i.e., use by real humans?

Link to video showing parking spaces eliminated, and promise of Harvard to re-allocate them. 

http://enoughroomvideo.blogspot.com/2011/06/harvard-spin-doctors-in-action.html

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/10/1/SEAS-complex-unveiled-allston/

Science Complex Plans Combine Programs and Public Space
Harvard unveils plans for its School of Engineering and Applied Sciences complex
By IGNACIO SABATE
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
October 1, 2015

Ten Injured In Midtown Manhattan Construction Crane Collapse

Refrigeration Unit Dropped By Crane on  Madison Avenue Near 38th Street

[From article]
At least 10 people were injured when a construction crane dropped a massive heating and air-conditioning unit nearly 30 stories at a Midtown building Sunday, officials and witnesses said.
Workers were attempting to lift the unit into one of the Madison Avenue office building’s control rooms when the rigging strap holding it broke, sending it plummeting to the street around 10:45 a.m., said a source familiar with the investigation.
The metal rectangular unit struck the side of the building multiple times as it fell, sending glass and building debris raining down. The unit landed in the middle of Madison Avenue between 38th and 39th streets.



http://nypost.com/2015/05/31/construction-crane-crashes-into-midtown-building/

At least 10 hurt after crane smashes into Midtown building
By Tom Wilson, Dana Sauchelli and Daniel Prendergast
New York Post
May 31, 2015 | 11:16am

Construction Worker Killed In Manhattan

40-year-old Trevor Loftus was killed at a construction site on 44th Street and 2nd Avenue.Photo by: Facebook

[From article]

The owner of a construction company died after being pinned by a collapsed crane in Midtown, authorities said.
Trevor Loftus, 40, was trapped against the flatbed of a truck when the arm of a boom crane suddenly collapsed on a construction site at 219 East 44 Street at 11:44 a.m.
Loftus, the owner of Kenry Contracting Inc., noticed the machine’s hydraulic system was leaking from a hose in the bed of the truck, police said. As he was attempting to fix it, the hose burst, causing the crane to collapse on top of him, according to police.

http://nypost.com/2015/04/24/construction-worker-dies-after-crane-collapses-on-him/

Construction worker dies after crane collapses
By Natasha Velez, Kevin Fasick, Amanda Lozada and Jamie Schram
New York Post
April 24, 2015 | 12:41pm

Images From NYC East Village Building Fire and Explosion, From Illegal Construction

Photo: Chad Rachman

[From article]
A government source said there were no permits for any sort of work at 121 Second Ave., where other sources have said previously that “careless” workers accidentally ruptured a gas main Thursday afternoon.
Shortly after the blast, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Con Ed workers had been at the scene earlier in the day to inspect the installation of a new, larger gas main, but the work failed Con Ed’s inspection.
Con Ed President Craig Ivey also said gas service to the new main was shut off and “locked with our lock.”
It was unclear why Con Ed was inspecting work being done without a permit, and a spokesman for the utility refused to comment ahead of a planned 2 p.m. news conference.

http://nypost.com/2015/03/27/gas-main-being-installed-without-permission-at-explosion-site/

Gas main ‘being installed without permission’ at explosion site
By Yoav Gonen, Chris Perez and Bruce Golding
New York Post
March 27, 2015 | 1:52pm
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[From article]
Dramatic new video of the East Village building explosion and fire reveals the moment that a sushi restaurant ​exploded, shooting a thick cloud of debris ​clear across Second Avenue.


Photo: Chad Rachman

The surveillance video from a nearby storefront, which was obtained by The Post, also shows frantic pedestrians running for cover immediately after the ​powerful ​blast in Sushi Park at 121 E. Seventh St​. on Thursday afternoon.
Several shocked pedestrians are seen stopping to get a glimpse of the wreckage and erupting flames.


Photo: Chad Rachman

http://nypost.com/2015/03/27/the-moment-building-explodes-in-nycs-east-village/


Photo: Chad Rachman

The moment building explodes in NYC’s East Village
New York Post
By Jamie Schram
March 27, 2015 | 1:28pm

NYC Woman Killed By Falling Construction Materials

Facebook photo of Tina Nguyen, who was struck and killed by falling debris in Greenwich Village on Tuesday.
[From article]
The 4-foot-by-8-foot, green-painted board sailed 50 feet across West 12th Street and hit real-estate agent Tina Nguyen so hard that it threw her against a building, where she smashed her head on an FDNY stand pipe.
Nguyen, who worked for the Park Avenue firm Keller-Williams and who was engaged to be married, was pronounced dead Tuesday at Bellevue Hospital shortly after the 6 p.m. tragedy.
Winds were gusting up to 40 mph hour at the time. The plywood board was ripped from a street-level security fence surrounding a luxury condo-construction site on the lot where St. Vincent’s Hospital once stood.

http://nypost.com/2015/03/18/woman-killed-by-piece-of-flying-plywood-near-nyc-construction-site/

Woman killed by flying plywood from NYC construction site
By Frank Rosario, Larry Celona and Daniel Prendergast
New York Post
March 18, 2015 | 12:22pm

Construction Drill Misses NYC Subway Car By Inches

On inspection, MTA workers discovered that the drill had broken through the roof of the tunnel and was just inches from the side of the train

[From article]
New York Subway train packed with passengers had a lucky escape on Thursday when an enormous drill bit narrowly avoided ripping into one of the F train carriages.
The incident happened as the train was pulling out of the 21st Street-Queensbridge station in Long Island City just before noon. The giant bit, which measures 10 inches in diameter, shattered the glass of several of the train’s windows and gouged at its steel frame, the MTA has confirmed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2815286/Giant-drill-bit-narrowly-avoids-ripping-packed-New-York-subway-train.html

Terrified passengers flee as giant drill bores down alongside packed New York subway train
Incident happened as the F train was pulling out of the 21st Street-Queensbridge station in Long Island City just before noon
The drill had missed its mark and came spiraling through the top of the tunnel and narrowly missed entering one of the cars
The giant bit, which measures 10 inches in diameter, shattered the glass of several of the train’s windows and gouged at its steel frame
Drilling was part of the East Side Access project to bring the Long Island Rail Road trains to Grand Central Terminal
By David Mccormack for MailOnline
Published: 22:57 EST, 30 October 2014 | Updated: 05:30 EST, 31 October 2014

Harvard University's $36 billion Endowment Enables Unending Construction, Harassment of Neighbors

Neighbors of the Harvard University renovated Cambridge truck stop, AKA Harvard University Art Museum, are familiar with the good vibrations of construction. Snap, Crackle and Pop go the nearby buildings.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/11/12/allston-homeowner-damage-vibrations/

For Allston Homeowners, Alleged Home Damage Remains Unresolved
By KARL M. ASPELUND and MARCO J. BARBER GROSSI,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
November 12, 2014

Grand Re-opening, Harvard University's Renovated Truck Depot (AKA Harvard University Art Museum)

After three years of limited access to Harvard University's truck depot for construction vehicles only, in November 2014 the university re-opened its diversity truck program to all kinds of trucks, including but not limited to delivery, party equipment trucks and construction equipment. These are only snapshots. There are no 24/7 video cameras available to me to show the entire operation of trucks visiting this renovated truck depot.



September 24, 2014 9:21 AM 
Steam Cleaning Sidewalk


September 24, 2014 9:32 AM 
Steam Cleaning Sidewalk


October 21, 2014 8:14 AM 
Dumpster Delivery

[From article]
On Sunday, crowds gathered for the official opening of the renovated museums, which had been under construction for years.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/11/17/art-museums-formal-opening/

Art Museums Celebrate Official Opening to the Public
By BROOKE A. BOURGEOIS and RAGHU DHARA, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Harvard Crimson
November 17, 2014



October 21, 2014 8:15 AM 
Dumpster delivery usually every Monday or Tuesday


October 21, 2014 8:17 AM 
Dumpster delivery 


October 21, 2014 8:24 AM 
Dumpster Pick-up 


October 2l, 2014 8:56 AM 
Dumpster Pick-up  


November 5, 2014 3:29 PM
Large Truck in No Stopping Zone
Truck Depot is to left  

Previous images of truck and construction traffic at this site can be seen at this link

http://enoughroomvideo.blogspot.com/2014/07/harvard-university-construction-is-done.html 



November 5, 2014 3:31 PM 
Large Truck in No Stopping Zone
Two trucks at loading docks


November 5, 2014 3:32 PM 
Car joins truck in No Stopping Zone 

These images are from when I look at the scenery on the days leading up to, and after the grand re-opening of the renovated truck depot, also known as the Harvard University Art Museum.



November 7, 2014 2:40 PM 
Large Truck in No Stopping Zone


November 7, 2014 2:41 PM 
Large Truck parked on Quincy Street in bus stop or Fire Department vehicles only zone


November 8, 2014 2:47 PM 
Large truck parked in No stopping Zone


November 8, 2014 2:48 PM 
One truck on each side of Broadway in No Stopping Zones 

An article in the Harvard University Crimson, (student daily newspaper) celebrating the opening of the new truck depot reported statistics on the number of hours of construction. But not mentioned is the number of hours of noise and air pollution causing discomfort and disruption of lives of neighbors of the new truck depot. In May 2014 Harvard University officials boasted to city officials and selected neighbors "Construction was finished."  Not actual abutters, but leadership of neighborhood associations who live a few blocks away.  When I inquired of the mitigation office why construction was continuing as per first two images here and previous posts, the official explained that "They meant to say outside construction was finished." So the steam cleaning of the sidewalks was inside? Or was it performance art?


November 8, 2014 1:49 PM 
Large truck on  Prescott Street in Resident Parking only zone, near Fire Hydrant


November 8, 2014 2:09 PM
Two large trucks in No Stopping Zone on both sides of Broadway


November 8, 2014 2:10 PM 
Two large trucks both on same side of Broadway in  No Stopping Zone 

When I posted a comment about the omission of statistics of noise, another reader asked how I could be so negative? Huh? Here is another problem with what highly educated privileged citizens want. They do not want to know about any harm to others from their lifestyle. They want to know about how great their lives are and how selflessly they serve humanity. I am sorry to disturb their world view but here it is 

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/11/7/harvard-art-museums-open/



November 8, 2014 2:11 PM 
One truck in No stopping Zone, the other backing into loading dock


November 8, 2014 3:01 PM
Large truck in No Stopping Zone


November 8, 2014 3:02 PM 
Same truck better view 

On the day of the official grand re-opening a special brigade of young men and women, dressed in all black arrived for the ceremonies. The presence of so many black clad trained young men and women, raised again suspicion among some that Harvard University is a base venue where satanists are active and influence university policies. 



November 8, 2014 3:44 PM 
Notice  parade of young men dressed all in black (satanist priests?) entering the renovated truck depot


November 8, 2014 3:45 PM
Large truck in No Stopping Zone, with black dressed satanist priests(?). Notice car parked on left in No Stopping Zone imitating the trucks.


November 8, 2014 3:46 PM 
More of the satanist priests(?) entering the renovated truck depot for the grand re-opening ceremonies.


November 8, 2014 3:47 PM
Still more of the black clad satanist priests(?) entering the former Fogg Museum for re-opening ceremonies.



November 8, 2014 3:48 PM
Large truck and car parked in No Stopping Zone


It does explain why the university supports so many irrational policies. That includes but is not limited to creating a new bureaucracy for the administration of criminal justice for women who complain about rape. Non students must go to ordinary city police, state prosecutors and court system to get relief. 


November 8, 2014 3:49 PM
Car parked in No Stopping Zone. Two trucks at loading docks.


November 8, 2104 3:50 PM
Two trucks at loading docks, with two cars parked in No Stopping Zone on Broadway


November 8, 2014 3:51 PM
Car and van parked in No Stopping Zone. Trucks at loading docks


The demands that everyone on campus think the same is another questionable pattern of conduct compelled by the university administration. The prohibition of saying certain words and supporting conservative and Republican candidates is another curious policy for all campus affiliates.



November 9, 2014 2:27 PM
Large truck parked on Prescott Street in Resident only parking zone, near fire hydrant.


November 9, 2014 2:28 PM
Trucks at loading docks, one truck in No Stopping  Zone


November 9, 2104 2:29 PM
Two trucks at loading docks

Friday November 7, 2014 and Wednesday November 12, 2014 the parade of trucks continued till 11:00 PM contrary to city ordinance. This operation is run by Harvard University campus police who are negligently trained and get upset when I mention that fact. They are as intolerant of criticism as the black racist homosexuals who harass me every day. 



November 9, 2014 9:00 AM
Truck and van at loading docks


November 9, 2014 10:42 AM
Large truck backing into loading dock


November 9, 2014 10:43 AM
Large trucks in loading docks


November 9, 2104 10:44 AM
Two trucks in loading docks


November 10, 2014 4:25 PM
Truck leaving loading dock


November 10, 2014 4:28 PM
Large truck parked in No Stopping  Zone


November 10, 2014 10:13 AM
Flatbed truck picking up construction equipment, parked in No Stopping Zone


November 10, 2014 10:14 AM 
Flatbed truck picking up construction equipment, parked in No Stopping Zone


November 10, 2014 10:15 AM 
Flatbed truck picking up construction equipment, parked in No Stopping Zone


November 10, 2014 10:16 AM 
Large truck parked on Prescott Street in Resident only parking zone, near fire hydrant.


November 10, 2014 10:28 AM 
Flatbed truck picking up construction equipment, parked in No Stopping Zone


November 10, 2014 10:29 AM 
Flatbed truck picking up construction equipment, parked in No Stopping Zone


November 10, 2014 10:30 AM 
Flatbed truck picking up construction equipment, parked in No Stopping Zone


November 10, 2104 10:31 AM
Flatbed truck picking up construction equipment, parked in No Stopping Zone


November 11, 2014 3:12 PM 
Large truck parked on Prescott Street in Resident only parking zone, near fire hydrant.


November 12, 2014 9:23 AM 
Eighteen wheeler in Loading Dock


November 12, 2104 9:24 AM 
Eighteen wheeler in Loading Dock 


November 12, 2104 9:25 AM 
Eighteen wheeler leaving Loading Dock 


November 12, 2104 11:04 AM 
Truck in loading dock