The recent spike in construction deaths in New York City clearly magnifies the difference that education and safety training make in determining whether a worker will make it home to his or her family ...

Left to right is: (NEIEP) Lester White, Head of Development NEIEP, Brigid Flynn, Writing and Development Manager, NEIEP, David Coyner, VP of Academic Innovation and Online Partnerships and Carmel ...

The New York legislature voted Thursday to require licenses for thousands of elevator mechanics in the city and across the state, following mounting pressure to improve safety standards. It is the ...

A year ago tomorrow, the Ohio State community was stunned with the news of the tragic death of student Andrew Polakowski on an elevator in Stradley Hall. Since the accident, OSU has taken steps to ...

Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed years-in-the-waiting legislation calling for state oversight of New York's elevator industry, including the creation of an appointed advisory board that would ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved a new bill bolstering elevator safety in the aftermath of a gruesome Manhattan accident that killed a man — but its rollout by state government will delayed by two years ...

Ten percent of the country’s elevators exist in New York State, and of that ten percent, a majority operates in New York City, where the many millions of us rely on elevators and other mechanical ...

As investigators continue to search for answers a month after beloved Cincinnati firefighter Daryl Gordon fell into an elevator shaft and died, this much is certain: •Firefighters rarely die in ...

A fire service icon passed away on December 29. A man of outstanding character in the name of John O’Donoghue, Asst. Chief (Ret.), Cambridge (MA) Fire Department. John co-authored the Elevator and ...

It was a few hours before dawn on Oct. 2, 2015, when Eran Modan and a dozen people piled into the elevator at 156 Hope Street in Williamsburg. The group had returned from a Manhattan nightclub and was ...