A 75-year-old woman crushed to death Tuesday by scaffolding that collapsed outside her East Harlem home was identified by her shopping cart found in the rubble, with officials preventing the victim’s ...

The insurance industry’s latest attack on New York’s Scaffold Law is framed as a plea for “affordability.” In reality, it is a demand for legal immunity for those who profit from dangerous ...

A garbage truck hit a parked vehicle, pushing it into the scaffolding, the police said. By Samantha Latson A woman in East Harlem was killed Tuesday morning when a garbage truck hit a parked vehicle, ...

STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS. WE WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THAT. BREAKING NEWS THIS AFTERNOON. A SCAFFOLDING COLLAPSE IN PITTSBURGH’S STRIP DISTRICT. LET’S GET RIGHT OUT TO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR ...

A controversial 140-year-old, only-in-New York law that holds property owners and contractors responsible for all falls on construction sites, even in instances of worker negligence, has caused ...

(The Center Square) — New York’s “scaffold law” is driving up insurance costs and draining billions of dollars from the state’s economy, according to a new trade industry report, which is renewing ...

Traditional bamboo scaffolding wrapped in protective mesh surrounds a high-rise undergoing façade renovation in Hong Kong. Investigators say similar scaffold assemblies at Wang Fuk Court are central ...

HONG KONG — Kan Shui-ying was home alone on Wednesday, watching television at her Hong Kong apartment while her husband and son were at work. It was around 3 p.m., she said, when she “smelled a strong ...

The Hong Kong residential towers engulfed by smoke and flames on Wednesday were surrounded by an ancient construction material familiar to anyone who’s spent time in the one of the world’s most ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - A worker at Jindal Tubular USA, LLC in Bay St. Louis was crushed to death on the job Saturday, according to Hancock County Coroner Jeff Hair. Hair identified the victim ...

Coroner identified 37-year-old Narlon Benetiz Salgado; crushed by pipes. Incident occurred at Port Bienville facility linked to past safety violations. Company faced a fatal pipe rollover last year; ...

Last month, authorities removed the scaffolding covering the western facade of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Since then, lucky pilgrims to this legendary 5th-century B.C.E. temple—which accepts ...