The New York City Department of Buildings issued a Class 1 violation against Volk Industrial Services, a contractor based at 599 North Maple Avenue in Ridgewood, New Jersey, carrying a $10,000 penalty, according to DOB ECB violation records.
The violation, number 39560835R, was served October 20 against a property at BIN 3247005, block 8770, lot 13, in Brooklyn. DOB's violation description says a worker fell from scaffolding at the jobsite on October 5, and an ambulance was called. The department's record states that on review, it found the general contractor had failed to submit a required report of the incident within the mandated window.
DOB's record does not name the injured worker, describe the extent of any injury, or give the street address of the jobsite beyond the BIN and block/lot identifiers. The violation is scheduled for a hearing on January 6, 2027, at 9:30 a.m. and remains pending; the $10,000 penalty has not been paid, per DOB records.
The violation is coded under infraction code 1M7 and does not cite a specific section of the construction code in the record provided. DOB ECB violations are civil enforcement actions, separate from any OSHA inspection that may also apply to a worksite injury; no OSHA record was available for this incident at filing.
Volk Industrial Services did not have a public statement available at the time of this writing.
What to do next
General contractors are required to notify DOB promptly after a workplace injury connected to construction activity — this violation exists specifically because, per DOB's own description, that notice allegedly didn't happen inside the required window. If your site has an incident, get the DOB notification filed immediately and don't let the reporting deadline become its own separate violation on top of whatever happened. The hearing is January 6, 2027; anyone tracking enforcement patterns at this BIN (3247005) should watch for the outcome.