The New York construction industry is known to pose multiple safety hazards. Sadly, many preventable construction workers' accidents leave victims with life-altering injuries or families without their loved ones. One such an accident recently left a worker with severed legs within days of him being employed by the contracted company.
Reportedly, the incident happened in Long Island on a recent Monday morning at a site where construction workers were excavating an area under the roadway for the installation of a gas main. In the circumstances yet to be determined, a steel plate knocked a 39-year-old man into a hole that was about 10 feet deep. The steel plate cut through the man's legs below his knees.