The Department of Buildings logged two separate worker-fall incidents on back-to-back days this week, according to DOB's construction-related incident records.
The first happened October 23 at 310 Nevins Street in Brooklyn (BIN 3430357, block 439, lot 1), in Boro Park -- Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Gowanus area, per DOB's dataset. The record lists the incident type as "Worker Fell" with one injury and no fatality.
The second happened October 24 at 5 West 13th Street in Manhattan (BIN 1009716, block 577, lot 34), in the East Village area, also classified by DOB as "Worker Fell" with one injury and no fatality.
DOB's incident dataset does not list a cause, contractor, or a description of the fall beyond the check description for either record. No further detail -- height, scaffold, ladder, or floor opening -- is included in what DOB has posted as of this writing.
Both incidents remain open DOB records; no enforcement action tied to either address has posted yet in the ECB hearing dataset reviewed for this report.
What to do next
Contractors working at or near either address -- 310 Nevins Street in Brooklyn or 5 West 13th Street in Manhattan -- can check DOB's Building Information System using the BIN numbers above (3430357 and 1009716) for any follow-up violations or stop-work orders tied to these incidents. Superintendents citywide should treat the pairing as a reminder to walk fall-protection compliance this week -- harness anchorage, guardrails at leading edges, and ladder condition -- since DOB's public incident log gives no detail on what caused either fall.