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City Unveils Plan to Improve Safety at Construction Sites
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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The City Council has proposed a dozen of its own reforms, including a confidential hotline to report potentially dangerous problems at building projects. (article 2)
The legislation would also give the city's Buildings Department greater enforcement power, including the ability to assign safety monitors to sites with a history of hazardous violations. (article 1)
In the wake of last week's deadly crane collapse, some of the city's largest general contractors are considering whether to hire their own third-party inspectors to ensure the safety of the tower cranes used at their construction sites. (article 3)
Investigators believe the crane that fell into a 23-story building on East 91st Street on Friday had a turntable, or swivel device, that had been inadequately welded during a repair. (article 3)
Prosecutors investigating a fatal crane collapse on East 91st Street have taken away boxes of documents and computers from the offices of the crane's owner, New York Crane and Equipment, two people involved in the inquiry said on Monday. (article 4)
Bill J. Smith, president of claims and risk management for NationsBuilders Insurance Services, said that New York Crane had sent the damaged turntable to a welding company in New Jersey for repair after the crack was discovered in May 2007. (article 4)
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Story keywords
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crane, construction, inspectors, Buildings, City |
Source articles
- City Unveils Plan to Improve Safety at Construction Sites (nytimes.com, 06/05/2008, 669 words)
- A RADICAL FIX FOR KILLER CRANES (NY Post, 06/06/2008, 565 words)
- Contractors Consider Ways to Make Cranes Safer (nytimes.com, 06/04/2008, 753 words)
- Documents Said to Be Seized From Crane Owner’s Offices (nytimes.com, 06/03/2008, 732 words)
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