2. Construction Safety in New York City 2014
Kay Gee
Area Director

3. Construction workers killed
Source: OSHA data for NYC (5 boros) by Federal fiscal year (10/01 – 9/30)

4. Why don’t OSHA and DOB numbers match exactly?
OSHA & DOB share incident and trend data
Worker safety (OSHA) vs. public safety (DOB)
OSHA covers incidents outside DOB jurisdiction
Heavy / highway / infrastructure (bridges, roads, etc.)
Sites outside NYC’s jurisdiction (eg., airports, transit)
Non-building issues (eg., health hazards)
DOB reporting requirements apply to a segment of jobs, but do not have a threshold

5. Construction Fatalities by type
9 fatalities due to falls from heights
2 fatalities were due to crush hazard
1 fatality due to struck by hazard

6. Fatalities by borough 3 1 3 6 2 1 2
N=26

7. Fatalities coded for “Imm-Lang”
Immigration or Language factors
50%
50%
N=12

8. Contributing factors
The more factors that apply, the greater the correlation to a fatal accident
Worker is foreign-born
Worker is Hispanic
Worker speaks a language other than English
Worker speaks a language different than that spoken at the jobsite

9. Fatalities by union status
25%
75%
N=12

10. Other fatality trends
10 fatalities were in companies with 30 or fewer employees
1 fatality occurred in a company with between employees
1 fatality occurred in a company with 101 or more employees

11. Construction Incidents by Boroughs

12. OSHA enforcement 806 Total Inspections – 5 boroughs Violations
1195 Serious/Willful/Repeat Citations issued
260 OTS Citations Issued
Approximately 4.7 million in penalties
OSHA data, FY14 (10/1/13-9/30/14), 5 boros NYC

13. OSHA enforcement 540 Construction Inspections – NYC Violations
742 Serious/Willful/Repeat Citations issued
115 OTS Citations Issued
Approximately 2.3 million in penalties
OSHA data, FY14 (10/1/13-9/30/14), 5 boros NYC

14. OSHA construction inspections

15. Non Construction Fatalities
13 Fatalities in non construction activities in NYC
4 Manhattan, 4 Queens, 3 Brooklyn , 0 Bronx, 2 SI
5 from falls ( ladder, elevator shaft, 2aerial lifts, window ledge)
3 Crushed by
3 forklift accidents
1 Assault/murder (Workplace Violence)
1 overcome by CO
1 working in in food processing
5 Immigrant Language
9 non-union

16. Total Number of Fatalities 2008-2014 Construction/GI39 28 20 18 16 15 28 20 16
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