NEW YORK (AP) -- A glance at recent construction accidents in New York City:
May 30: Two construction workers killed, one seriously injured when crane collapses at Upper East Side construction site.
April 29: Worker critically injured after falling 25 feet at an office tower being built near the East River.
April 23: Worker critically hurt after falling off a scaffold at Lincoln Center. City officials say his safety harness was improperly attached.
April 1: Window replacement on midtown Manhattan skyscraper stopped after 300-pound panel of glass plummets from 27th floor; no one hurt.
March 15: Seven people including six construction workers killed when 19-story crane breaks away from tower under construction on East 51st Street, demolishing a town house.
March 12: Worker killed when wall of an apartment building crumbles in East New York, Brooklyn.
Jan. 30: Construction worker killed when a scaffold collapses on a Brooklyn condominium project.
Jan. 14: Worker plunges 40 stories to his death while helping to pour concrete at the Trump SoHo hotel-condominium project.
Dec. 7, 2007: One window washer killed, another gravely injured when their work platform collapses at the 47th floor of a Manhattan skyscraper.
Aug. 23, 2007: Two firefighters injured when pallet jack falls more than 20 stories and smashes a construction shed at a ground zero tower.
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