Hanover Street and Queen Street were shut and diversions set up following the incident which happened at about 14:20.

The freak chain of events was set in motion when the private sanitation truck driver struck a parked van, pushing it into the scaffolding.

Citations for violating scaffolding requirements consistently make it onto OSHA’s annual Top 10 list. The requirements are in ...

The garbage truck struck a double-parked Kia Forte, which became stuck in the truck’s grill and was shoved forward as the ...

A private garbage truck rammed into a car in East Harlem Tuesday, sending both vehicles careening into scaffolding that collapsed on a woman, gruesomely killing her, police and witnesses said. The ...

Wait a second, isn’t that … yeah, that’s Golden State Warriors guard and NBA All-Star Klay Thompson, who apparently studies scaffolding on the regular. “I usually observe if the piping and stuff is ...

Last month, authorities removed the scaffolding covering the western facade of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Since then, lucky pilgrims to this legendary 5th-century B.C.E. temple—which accepts ...

These structures protect pedestrians from falling debris but they also reduce New Yorkers’ quality of life. “For too long, ...

Two small cranes collapsed onto scaffolding outside a Midtown Manhattan building Friday afternoon, FDNY officials say. It happened around 3 p.m. at a vacant building under construction on Ninth Avenue ...

Authorities have not determined the cause of the blaze, but images from the scene showed the fire spreading rapidly across ...