Yesterday a steel plate plummeted to the ground from 18 stories above. The steel plate landed in a ball field where children were playing.
The site was managed by Tishman Construction. This very site has previously experienced tragedy when steel crashed onto a trailer housing a site architecht. The architecht was paralyzed.
Tishman was also the contractor supervising construction at the site of last year's crane collapse where our client sustained severe spinal injuries.
The city must act and act now to protect the public; responsive action is no longer enough. A violation following a tragedy achieves nothing. We demand proactive action on behalf of the city's public. It is simply no longer acceptable for city workers to remain on the sidelines until horrific construction accidents in New York occur.
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