When a non-Union worker was killed in a scaffolding accident three weeks ago at 525 Clinton Avenue, it didn’t take long for the rat to come out to play. “Untrained and unskilled workers lead to an unsafe workplace, shoddy workmanship and a lower quality finished product,” reads the flyer handed to us by the Local 79 organizer tending the rat from the comfort of his pick-up truck. Turns out the guy might have a point: DOB is announcing its findings today that, in addition to lacking a permit, the supported scaffold (i.e. one built from the ground up) was not designed to code; in addition, the scaffold company has yet to provide documentation showing that the workers who assembled the scaffold had the proper training. On a related note, DOB is announcing this morning a new initiative to focus on scaffold and sidewalk shed safety.
BREAKING: Worker Killed at 525 Clinton Avenue [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark
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