Earlier today a construction worker was killed in New York City after falling over 40 stories to the ground. WNYC.org has a partial transcript of mayor Michael Bloomberg playing down the event:
BLOOMBERG: It is the first tragic accident fatality in construction since May. Keep in mind this is a dangerous industry and while the numbers vary dramatically year to year, 15 or 20 deaths a year is what you’d normally have in this industry.
According to the article. the site on which the worker died has 32 open construction codes violations.
September 17th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
[...] same day a construction worker fell over 40 floors to his death, a worker in Queens also suffered the same fate after he fell three stories when a scaffolding [...]