The recent spike in construction deaths in New York City clearly magnifies the difference that education and safety training make in determining whether a worker will make it home to his or her family ...
The New York legislature voted Thursday to require licenses for thousands of elevator mechanics in the city and across the state, following mounting pressure to improve safety standards. It is the ...
Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed years-in-the-waiting legislation calling for state oversight of New York's elevator industry, including the creation of an appointed advisory board that would ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The 30-year-old man who died trying to get off a Manhattan elevator on Thursday was laid to rest Sunday in his home state of Wisconsin. The tragedy is bringing renewed ...
A year ago tomorrow, the Ohio State community was stunned with the news of the tragic death of student Andrew Polakowski on an elevator in Stradley Hall. Since the accident, OSU has taken steps to ...
Ten percent of the country’s elevators exist in New York State, and of that ten percent, a majority operates in New York City, where the many millions of us rely on elevators and other mechanical ...