New York — While injuries at New York City construction sites dropped 30% last year compared with 2023, total incidents hit a 10-year low and deaths remained at a decade low, reports the city’s Department of Buildings.
DOB’s annual Construction Safety Report shows that building construction-related injuries fell to 482 in 2024 from 692 the previous year. The total number of incidents dropped to 638 from 841, marking a 24% decrease in 2024.
Seven deaths were recorded last year, matching the 2023 total – the lowest number recorded in the past 10 years.
DOB conducted more than 416,000 worksite inspections last year, the most since it began tracking the metric. In addition, 98% of worksites didn’t report a single incident or injury.
The safety improvements came amid continued growth in construction and new DOB oversight strategies, including requirements for construction superintendents, new licensing requirements for smaller crane devices and technologies to help track worksite safety compliance.
“New Yorkers deserve safe workplaces, and that includes our city’s construction sites,” Mayor Eric Adams (I) said in press release. “We are making significant progress toward that goal. Nevertheless, we know that even one death at our construction sites is unacceptable, which is why our administration will continue to implement historic safety initiatives and keep up the fight for safer construction sites across the city.”
