Four construction incidents landed in DOB's incident record in a single 48-hour window this week, one in each of four boroughs, and three of the four share the same description: a worker fell.
Per DOB's Construction-Related Incidents dataset, the first came in Manhattan on September 15 at 59 Franklin Street (BIN 1001840, block 171, lot 5, Zip 10013) — logged as an "Incident" under the category "Other Construction Related," with one injury and no fatality, filed under accident report number 46455.
The other three all carry the same check2 description, "Worker Fell," and all are logged as "Accident" records with one injury and no fatality apiece. In Brooklyn, DOB logged one on September 14 at 341 Lenox Road (BIN 3107778, block 4837, lot 75, Zip 11226), report number 46446. In the Bronx, DOB logged one the same day at 979 Intervale Avenue (BIN 2131151, block 2699, lot 54, Zip 10459), report number 46451. In Queens, DOB logged one that same day at 163-25 Archer Avenue (BIN 4625217, block 10151, lot 65, Zip 11433), report number 46445.
DOB's own record for each of these is limited to what's listed here — incident type, injury count, and location. The department's public feed does not include narrative cause, and none of these four postings names a contractor of record or assigns fault; nothing in these records supports any conclusion about what happened beyond the coded description.
For context on volume: DOB's Complaints Received log shows 100 new complaints filed citywide in the same two-day window, spanning categories from illegal conversions to elevator and construction-safety concerns. That complaint volume is background only — a complaint is an unverified allegation, not a confirmed incident, and none of the four addresses above appears in the complaint sample provided.
For contractors and site safety managers, four fall-pattern injuries logged in two days across four boroughs is worth a beat of attention on fall-protection compliance and daily toolbox talks, particularly on any site with elevated work platforms, scaffolding, or open-edge conditions matching this week's pattern. Local Law 196 site-safety training requirements remain the baseline standard DOB inspectors will check against if a stop-work or violation follows any of these incidents.
Readers with active work at or near these addresses can pull the BIN-level job filing and violation history directly through DOB's Building Information Search to see whether a stop-work order or violation has since been issued. None had a posted disposition as of this writing.