(914) 220-1086Recent research by ValuePenguin suggests that property owners and construction companies could avoid more than $1 billion in natural disaster damages costs each year simply by following building codes. The insurance platform’s study, based on an analysis of data gathered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, concludes that the adoption of building codes from, at […]
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Ellicott Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Safety Violation: Fall Injury & Medication Errors
Ellicott Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has received 61 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on September 23, 2022. The Buffalo nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 12 inspections by state surveyors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
New York Congregational Nursing Center: Pressure Ulcer Citation
New York Congregational Nursing Center received 30 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on September 16, 2022. The Brooklyn nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The […]
NHTSA Pledges To Take Action On “Frontover” Crashes
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration recently responded to a request by Congress to take actions to investigate and prevent “frontover” car accidents, in which vehicles with large blind spots strike and run over children. In an August 25, 2022 letter, NHTSA Administrator Steven Cliff told US Senator Richard Blumenthal that the agency “is committed […]
Brooklyn Construction Worker Killed by Falling Excavator Arm
A tragic construction accident in Brooklyn took the life of a 46-year-old worker last week. According to a report by the New York Post, the worker “was standing” at the worksite, at 1 Java Street in Greenpoint, when a 2,000-pound excavator arm fell on top of him. Police told reporters that the worker was found […]
New York DOB Audit Finds Worksite Inspection Flaws
A recent audit of construction worksite safety oversight by the New York City Department of Buildings revealed flaws in the regulator’s inspection practices. As the DOB stated in a report on the audit, “We found OB’s oversight of building construction sites, including construction site inspections and safety, and enforcement activity need to be improved.” The […]
Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Cited for Accident Hazard
Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 46 citations for violations of public health code between 2017 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on September 5, 2022. The Albany nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 13 inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. […]
Report: SUV With 168 Violations Hits, Kills Bronx Woman
A New York City woman died last week after the driver of an SUV jumped the curb and struck her, impaling her on a metal fence. According to media reports, the 59-year-old Bronx resident, Paulina Nrecaj, was taken to a local hospital, where she died after surgery. “She was a good, sweet woman,” her daughter […]
Report: Heavy Electric Cars Do More Damage in Crashes
Recent tests by Swiss insurance company AXA Switzerland highlight the dangers of electric vehicles. As an analysis by Streetsblog explains, the company’s research found that electric cars “cause more damage in collisions than conventional cars” and that their larger size increases the risks they pose, both to pedestrians and to occupants in lighter vehicles. “[D]rivers […]
Campbell Hall Rehabilitation Center Citations & Lawsuits
2018-2022 Citation History Campbell Hall Rehabilitation Center received 130 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on September 2, 2022. The Campbell Hall nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 35 inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the […]
Report: NYC to Address McGuinness Boulevard Safety Issues
New York City transportation authorities will implement short-term safety adjustments in advance of the large-scale redesign of a dangerous stretch of North Brooklyn roadway. According to a report by Streetsblog, the Department of Transportation has said it will implement painted median-tip extensions and daylighting measures on McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint, while banning left at certain […]
Katherine Luther Residential Health Care: Fall Citations
Katherine Luther Residential Health Care and Rehabilitation Center received 36 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on September 2, 2022. The Clinton nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of nine inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the […]
Casa Promesa: Nursing Home Cited for Physical Abuse
Casa Promesa received 36 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on September 2, 2022. The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of seven inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The nursing home did […]
Premier Genesee Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation: Accident, Staffing Citations
Premier Genesee Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation received 42 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on September 2, 2022. The Batavia nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 10 inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: […]
New CMS Rule Maintains Hospital Safety Reporting
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has shelved a plan not to publish hospital safety ratings. According to reports by the Philadelphia Inquirer and MedPage Today, the CMS proposed earlier this year that it stop publicly releasing the PSI 90, a safety score composed of the hospital’s rates of “10 preventable and potentially […]
Orchard Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Cited for Pressure Ulcer, Infection Control, and Quality of Care Violations
Orchard Rehabilitation & Nursing Center received 19 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 26, 2022. The Medina nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The […]
Onondaga Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing: Bedsore Citations
Onondaga Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing received 67 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 26, 2022. The Minoa nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 14 inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. […]
Large Vehicles Are Especially Dangerous to Children, Study Finds
A new study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Springfield found that large vehicles like SUVs are dramatically more dangerous than passenger cars to young pedestrians. Using crash and hospital records to examine “the relationship between striking vehicle type and medical outcomes of pedestrian and pedalcyclist cases,” the study ultimately found evidence that […]
New York Lawmakers Propose New Drunk Driving Penalties
Newly proposed legislation in both New York’s Assembly and Legislature would require people convicted of drunk driving incidents that resulted in the death of a custodial parent to make child support payments until the victim’s child (or their children) reach 18 years old. According to a recent report by Streetsblog, New York State Senator Andrew […]
Will New York Governor Hochul Sign Construction Safety Law?
New York construction sites are about to get much safer—if Governor Kathy Hochul signs a bill passed by the state legislature last month. Known as “Carlos’ Law,” Senate Bill S621Bwould “substantially” raise the fines that can be levied on companies convicted of crimes that led to workplace deaths or injuries. According to a recent report […]
Analysis: What Can the US Learn About Traffic Safety from Canada?
A recent analysis by Bloomberg examined why traffic fatalities have declined in Canada as they’ve risen dramatically in the United States. The differences between the two nations, which are “comparably young and similarly configured,” are dramatic: in 2020, 118 Americans for every million died in car crashes, while only 46 for every million died in […]
Uber Safety Report Tracks Rising Car Crash Deaths
Rideshare platform Uber released its second US Safety Report last week, covering the years 2019 and 2020. According to the report, there were 3,824 sexual assaults reported on the platform in those years, including 141 rapes. These figures reflected a decline in sexual assaults since its previous annual report, though it reportedly saw an increase […]
Survey: Construction Zone Car Crashes on the Rise
A new survey by HCSS Software Solutions and Associated General Contractors found that vehicle crashes continue to pose a threat to highway construction workers, as work zones likewise pose a threat to vehicle drivers and passengers. The survey found specifically that a whopping 64% of highway contractors “report that motor vehicles had crashed into their […]
Data: Vehicle-into-Building Crashes May Injure 16,000 Annually
As many as 100 vehicles crash into buildings every day in America, according to an audit by risk management company CHC Global of data gathered by the Storefront Safety Council. That number reflects an upward revision of the Council’s previous estimate that vehicles crash into buildings 60 times per day; it also reflects a total […]
NHTSA Updates Child Safety Test Requirements for T-Bone Crashes
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a division of the Department of Transportation, issued a final rule last week that “updates testing requirements for child safety seats to improve the protection of children during side-impact crashes,” according to a press release. The rule is designed to keep young children from sustaining serious injuries in motor […]
