The Scaffold Law · Absolute Liability

Carpenters work at every phase of New York construction

Masonry work — bricklaying, stonework, concrete construction, and tile installation — combines significant physical demands with elevated work positions, heavy material handling, and exposure to silica and other hazardous dusts.

Amparo Law Firm represents masons — both union (BAC Local 1) and non-union — injured on New York construction sites.

Falls from scaffolds. Masonry work often takes place on scaffolds. Scaffold injuries are §240 cases.
Falls from lifts and ladders during high masonry work.
Crush injuries from falling brick, block, or stone.
Back, shoulder, and knee injuries from heavy material handling.
Silicosis and respiratory injuries from cutting and grinding masonry materials.

Mason injury cases run under the standard Labor Law framework — §240 for elevation-related work, §241(6), and §200.

Same categories as any New York personal injury case.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

The §240 advantage, put plainly.

In a typical negligence case, the defense will argue your case down with comparative-fault arguments — that you weren’t paying attention, that you took a shortcut, that you should have known better. Under §240, those arguments generally cannot defeat the claim. That is why §240 cases tend to settle higher and earlier than negligence-only construction cases.

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Carpenters work at every phase of New York construction

The §240 advantage, put plainly.

If you are a mason injured on a New York construction site, call us today.