A rooftop construction worker was doing his job when he took a terrifying fall from a ladder that was wet and unsafe for use. There was nothing to catch him, so the fall ended up being severe. He shattered his feet, ankles, hands, and spine, injuries that would completely upend his life and his ability to work.

A construction worker was performing renovation work at a Brooklyn school when he fell from a ladder. The fall caused trauma to his head and shoulder, along with four fractured ribs, injuries that made even basic movement difficult in the days and weeks that followed.

While working on the 17th floor of the Chrysler Building, our client was assigned to clean and move massive 2,000-pound stones while standing on a hanging scaffold high above the ground. To move the stones, he was instructed to use a manual hand hoist, even though he did not have the proper licensing to operate this kind of equipment safely.

A 58-year-old Local 78 worker was performing asbestos abatement work when he fell from the fourth rung of an A-frame ladder. The fall sent him crashing down, leaving him with serious injuries to his head, neck, back, and the right side of his body. His injuries were severe enough that he needed to undergo multiple surgeries just to begin his recovery.

A union apprentice painter was injured while working on a project in Queens. On the day of the accident, she was simply doing routine work, cleaning tools and equipment in a room with an exposed ceiling overhead. A metal valve suddenly broke loose from the ceiling above her.

A 30-year-old sub-contractor was on a coffee break when disaster struck. A metal bar at the top of a chain-link fence gave way and hit him, pushing him forward and sending him crashing to the ground. What should have been a routine break turned into a life-altering accident.

A 33-year-old construction worker suffered a terrifying accident when the scaffold he was working on suddenly collapsed. As he fell, several cinderblocks came crashing down on top of him, adding even more force to an already devastating fall. He was left with serious injuries to his neck, back, knees, and shoulder.

A 64-year-old construction worker suffered a serious accident when a 300-pound electrical box fell directly on him. We were able to establish that the box had been inadequately secured, leaving it vulnerable to falling at any moment. On top of that, the worker had not been given the proper safety equipment he needed to protect himself on the job.

Our client was working as a painter, doing finishing work on a multi-level floor. As he climbed down an affixed ladder to reach the lower level, he slipped and fell to the ground below. We were able to show that this ladder, the only one available for workers to use, was not safe for the job. It hadn’t been properly maintained and put anyone using it at serious risk.

A 44-year-old plumber was injured while renovating a mixed-use building on Central Park South in Manhattan. He was in the middle of repairing a leaking pipe when he slipped on plastic sheeting that had been laid down to temporarily protect a staircase leading to the subway station below the building.

A carpenter was working on a construction project, helping to build and mount a new staircase in a residential building, when disaster struck. A massive 30-pound metal clamp came down and hit him directly in the head. What made this accident even more troubling was that he had been given no safety devices at all, not even a basic hard hat.

A 53-year-old electrician was working on the renovation of a commercial building, installing conduit in the ceiling while standing on a scaffold. As the scaffold was being moved, a heavy plank came loose and fell 13 feet, striking him directly. The impact left him with a scrape to his head and three fractured toes.