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Scaffolding is meant to be a temporary structure, giving support while a full arch or other means is built underneath a roof. But in New York City, temporary evidently meant 10 years.
That's how long a bit of wooden scaffolding held up a roof at the 181st Street Station that needed repairs, and led to the collapse in 2009, after an earlier one in 2007, according to the New York Times which reported on an audit released by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's inspector general. While consumers and commuters were the ones who could have been affected there, it's often workers who bear the brunt of a scaffold's integrity.
In fact, it's one of the nice things about working in New York state. There is a scaffold law that enables workers to claim damages when they're injured from a fall or collapse of the temporary structures, above and beyond what they might obtain in workers' compensation or disability claims cases. It's the responsibility of the primary contractor or the property owner where a construction worker is operating to construct adequate safety equipment for them to be able to work without fear of falling.
If you think that these incidents are uncommon, just a few weeks ago two workers had to be rescued by the New York Fire Department when they were hanging on for dear life when one end of the scaffolding outside of ABC studios failed. Ladder 35 found them clinging to the structure.
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