Signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a construction worker fatal accident registry.

Highlights:

• Defines "worker" as direct employees, contracted employees, subcontracted employees, independent contractors, temporary or contingency workers, apprentices, interns, volunteers, or any other persons who perform duties at the direction and discretion of a contractor or who provide services according to a contract in the workplace (Sec. 1-2.a).

• Amends labor law to create a registry of workplace fatalities in the construction industry to record information pertaining to all incidents under which an employee performing construction work suffers a work-related fatal injury (Sec. 1).

• Requires information to be reported within 72 hours to include, but is not be limited to (Sec. 1-3.b):

• The name of the worker;

• The age of the worker;

• The cause of death;

• The manner of death;

• The location of death;

• The name of the contractor;

• The business address of the contractor;

• The name of the official or medical personnel making the declaration of death;

• The name of the person or persons charged with making the determination of the cause and manner of death; and

• Contact information for the office making notification to the department, including contact information for the person or persons making the declaration of death.

• Requires information to be reported within 90 days to include, but is not be limited to (Sec. 1-4.b):

• The name of the contractor;

• The business address of the contractor;

• The stated business purpose or industry of the contractor;

• The name and age of the worker;

• The ethnicity of the worker, if known; and

• The nationality of the worker, if known;

• The immigration status of the worker, if known;

• The craft, trade or occupation of the worker; and

• The union status of the worker.

• Establishes a reporting system for the information required to be reported (Sec. 1-6).

• Establishes and maintains an online database to make available all information and data regarding all workplace fatalities in the construction industry reported to the registry. Such information will be provided in the aggregate and shall be electronically accessible and searchable to the public, provided however, that in no event a worker's name or other personal identifying information is included in such a database (Sec. 1-8).

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