纽约City’s “zero tolerance” safety sweeps resulted in thousands of violations and nearly 1,500 stop work orders issued at construction sites across the five boroughs to prevent worker falls and other injuries.
城市建筑专员Melanie E. La Rocca宣布了9月13日进行三个月席卷的结果，称部门检查员自6月1日开车开始以来，访问了约7,500个建筑建筑工地。检查员向承包商和现场安全专业人员颁发了3,600多个违法行为根据La Rocca的说法，由于无法确保站点安全。他们还在网站发布了1,499个停止工作订单。
The sweep came after seven fatalities at New York City construction sites happened in the first five months of the year. The most recent death was that of a 49-year-old worker who fell from a retail bank project roof in Brooklyn on May 27,新利luckENR先前报道.
La Rocca在一份声明中说，“实施“ Buidings”的执行在促进建筑工地的安全方面至关重要；但是现实是我们不能始终在所有地方，” La Rocca在一份声明中说：“为了保护工作人员的生活以及在我们城市建造的妇女，我们需要建筑行业的合作伙伴加紧加入我们，以推动全天候的监督和更大的问责制。”
Brooklyn had the most sites visited, with inspectors hitting 2,757 in the borough. However, the largest number of stop work orders were issued in Manhattan, where inspectors ordered stoppages at 545 of the 1,645 sites they visited.
While the sweep is over, department inspectors will continue making unannounced safety inspections at work sites as well as additional interventions at sites that “were found to have egregious site safety violations,” officials said.
该部门的努力得到了大纽约大楼和建筑贸易委员会等团体的支持。
“While efforts have been made in recent years to improve and enhance the safety of construction sites, much more stands to be accomplished, particularly on non-union worksites, to ensure the safety of all construction workers,” said Gary LaBarbera, president of the trades council.
Deaths at city construction sites appear to be down in 2021 so far. A department report released earlier this year analyzed nearly 1,100 construction-related injuries in New York City between 2019 and 2020 that resulted in a combined 20 deaths.
The agency said it would also follow the sweep with renewed efforts to support construction safety legislation, including five bills introduced in City Council earlier this year. It said proposed laws would enhance oversight and accountability at construction sites, including new licensing requirements for general contractors, added site safety supervision, increased requirements for cold-formed steel construction and a ban of stand-off brackets for suspended scaffold work.
“By working with industry experts and stakeholders, our updated codes will make our built environment safety for everyone living and working in our great city,” La Rocca previously said.
