Workers responsible for the day-to-day upkeep of the Housing Authority’s aging buildings have a dangerous job. Slippery floors, sewer backups and broken lightbulbs are all part of why 200 people are out each day, on average, because of injuries.
But the agency and the union that represents nearly 8,000 HA workers, Teamsters Local 237, credited their collaboration for reducing the number of injuries over the last couple of years. At a June 18 safety symposium at Manhattan’s James Weldon Johnson Houses that coincided with “National Safety Month,” General Manager Michael Kelly updated employees on the HA’s progress.
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