{"id":238003,"date":"2026-05-20T14:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238003\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:12:10","slug":"new-york-advocacy-group-releases-deadly-skyline-report-on-construction-worker-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238003\/","title":{"rendered":"New York advocacy group releases \u2018Deadly Skyline\u2019 report on construction worker deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York \u2014 The number of construction workers killed in New York state fell nearly 26% in 2024 from its 10-year high the year before, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nycosh.org\/#skyline-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recent report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health gathered data from multiple sources, including the New York State Department of Labor, New York City Department of Health and NYC Department of Buildings. It found that 55 construction workers in the state died on the job in 2024 \u2013 down from 74 in 2023, but \u201cstill high among totals recorded over the past decade.\u201d In NYC, 19 construction workers died \u2013 down from 30 in 2023, the highest single-year total in the city in the decade covered by the report.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the fatality rate in construction remained significantly higher than in other industries. In NYC, the fatality rate was 9.4 deaths per 100,000 workers (compared with 1.5 for all industries); statewide, it was 8.9 (compared with 2.4 for all industries).<\/p>\n<p>Other findings:<\/p>\n<p>Non-union workers accounted for 81% of the state\u2019s construction deaths.<br \/>\nLatino workers, who make up 18.6% of the state\u2019s construction workforce, accounted for nearly 25.8% of the deaths.<br \/>\nOSHA conducted 3,162 inspections in New York state in 2024, a 7.3% drop from the year before.<br \/>\nOSHA investigated four worker deaths that occurred when temperatures reached or exceeded 80\u00b0 F.<br \/>\nThe average OSHA fine for a construction death was $25,295, down from $32,123 in 2023 and the lowest average since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe solutions to creating safer construction sites in New York state are within reach,\u201d Charlene Obernauer, NYCOSH executive director and report contributor, said in a press release. \u201cWe must fully fund and hire staff within our state and city agencies to strengthen enforcement, ensure that public dollars never go to employers with records of safety violations and worker exploitation, and leverage local and state authority to protect workers from dangerous heat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFederal protections are eroding and fines against negligent employers are decreasing. We need our elected officials and agencies to step up their commitment to protecting workers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York \u2014 The number of construction workers killed in New York state fell nearly 26% in 2024&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26312,43329,43330,9,24,11,10,93013,93014],"class_list":["post-238003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-construction-safety","tag-construction-site-safety","tag-construction-worker-safety","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-working-at-height","tag-workplace-fatalities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}