Drinking while on the job may be responsible for recent construction accidents. CBS Chicago highlights:
NEW YORK (CBS) ― Construction accidents have claimed the lives of 20 in New York City this year alone. As federal safety watchdogs kick off a two-week crackdown on high-risk building sites, CBS station WCBS-TV in New York found it wasn’t hard to find workers having a liquid lunch, then heading back to work where they may be putting everyone around them in harm’s way.
At one Upper West Side watering hole, it seems like it’s happy hour, with patrons clinking glasses and guzzling booze - except it’s noon, and the construction workers having some drinks still have to go back to work building a high-rise condo complex nearby.
Construction while under the influence is playing russian roulette with your future and the safety of New York City residents.