January 2012: One World Trade Center has the dubious distinction of being the most expensive building in the world.Īpril 2012: One World Trade Center is officially taller than the Empire State Building. (Compare the difference from April 2010 and June 2011) (Jake Dobkin / Gothamist) The South Pool, looking north towards the museum entrance. Thanks, Sarah Palin.Īugust 2010: Trees are planted at the 9/11 Memorial site as Conde Nast is rumored to move to the future One World Trade Center. Summer of 2010: Ground Zero Mosque becomes a thing-and it's not even at Ground Zero-to test New Yorkers' tolerance. (And seen again two years later.)įebruary 2010: Silverstein threatens to dump plans to build Tower 2. June 2009: Construction workers at Ground Zero are spotted enjoying liquid lunches. September 2008: Downsized designs for the 9/11 Memorial and Museum are presented. May 2007: Silverstein gets a total of $4.55 billion in insurance payouts to complete/continue building at the site. October 2006: Remains of 9/11 victims are found at Ground Zero, upsetting victims' families who think construction is being rushed by elected officials.
September 2006: Plans for the three other buildings at the site, Towers 2, 3 and 4, are revealed, designed by a starry array of international architects. The ladder was soaked.7 World Trade Center is the only skyscraper completed as of January 2006 (Getty Images) That morning Deacy was told to climb a precarious 20-foot ladder that was leaning almost straight up and down against a cement wall. At one point, he was awarded a special silver sticker commending his adherence to safety on a specific topic - ladder safety. In a deposition, Deacy said he was well-versed in job safety. Robert Deacy, an $89-an-hour ironworker for DCM, was working in an area open to the sky at the transportation hub. OSHA was also not told of another incident on Sept. No one was held responsible for Charlemagme's injuries his suit against DCM is pending. In a lawsuit, his attorneys at the law firm Sacks & Sacks described him as "completely and totally disabled."Īn internal report stated that the plate - which weighed upward of 80 pounds - "should not have been left in a position to fall, or wherever it was, it should have been secured." (Alec Tabak for New York Daily News)Īt the hospital, doctors determined he had three herniated discs in his spine and his hip would require surgery. One took place July 1, 2010, when Dennis Charlemagme - an employee of Collavino Construction - was working at 1 World Trade Center.Ĭharlemagme, 51, an $80-an-hour journeyman laborer, was standing on the fourth-floor deck when a huge steel plate fell from above and struck his hip.Ī steel beam crushed both of Villalona’s legs. All these incidents resulted in serious injuries. In 2010, The News documented 18 incidents, including 10 workers falling from heights and six workers struck by objects. In 2011, The News was able to reconstruct the events of 20 serious accidents - one for every three weeks of that year. Most of the unreported incidents found by The News fall into that category. Gee noted that starting in January, the rules will change - any incident in which a single employee is hospitalized would have to be reported to OSHA. Regarding the dozens of incidents that weren't reported to OSHA, Gee said, "We have no information on that since we were not aware of it and we did not do an inspection."
None were assigned exclusively to monitor the Trade Center. During the WTC project, OSHA inspectors had to keep track of job safety at dozens of major construction sites across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Almost no calls came from contractors, according to Kay Gee, director of OSHA's Manhattan-area office.
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