Newsday (Nassau Edition) from Hempstead, New York • 24

ONE DAY ONLY! SEE YOUR OLD DIAMONDS REMOUNTED TO LOOK NEW City Dwellers Duck Debris Continued from Preceding Page tures taken by a New Yon phfT that showed problems that included unsafe storage of material at the building's edge The builder was ordered to install waist-high vertical nets around the top four floors before work could resume For their part industry executives say they already have enough incentives to keep a keen eye on safety Construction liability insurance which is pegged to a safety record is expensive about 15 percent of total construction costs And accidents like the one in which John Nichols was killed says the safety director at a large construction firm "hurt the whole They also cost money When Warren Leven-berg a 31-year-old executive was killed by falling chunk of granite while walking along Madison Avenue five summers ago Tishman Construction ended up having to pay $41 million in an out-of-court settlement The HRH site at 977 Eighth Ave was shut down for several weeks following Nichols death and family like is expected to -file a multimillion-dollar negligence suit against the contractor Partly as a result of rising insurance rates many large contractors have hired corporate safety directors whose job is to eliminate as many workplace hazards as possible They inspect sites and hold regular meetings with foremen and shop stewards George Chironis vice president of Tishman Construction one of New biggest builders says "Safety consciousness is more prevalent than it used to and that the construction industry's record in the city is pretty good considering the number of jobs done The facts back him up Although construction continues to be one of the most dangerous occupations in the country and last year claimed 16 lives in New York City most of them in falls there are far fewer accidents and fatalities today than 50 years ago when the general rule of thumb was that one worker would die for every two floors of construction But for those living and working in close proximity to Cityspire a 75-story mixed-use tower being built by Tishman on West 56th Street statistics are little consolation Last fall Susan Guszynski manager of operations for the Joflrey Ballet which rents space in the City Center building next door wrote an angry letter to Buildings Commissioner Smith complaining about safety at the site1 Within a one-week period in October she noted there were three incidents in which Jeffrey employees were splattered by wet concrete falling from above In one case Robert Joflrey artistic director of the company was hit by a cascade of cement while returning from a meeting Since then the Buildings Department has received four additional complaints of material faHmg at the Cityspire site most recently in April when a piece of the facade fell on the City Center roof Since then Guszynski says both Tishman and the developer Ian Bruce Eichner have made efforts to improve the situation But West 56th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues where three major construction projects have tied up traffic and created numerous hazards for pedestrians over the past two years is still a danger zone Zuki Kucevic superintendent of an apartment building just west of the Cityspire tower says lots of things including pieces of wood and chunks of concrete have fallen from the sky One put a hole in the roof of his red Thunderbird For Midwal Zande the Jeffrey's former operations manager who left the company last year life is certainly looking up now that he work on the block anymore As he wrote to the Buildings Department last summer in one of his increasingly irate letters about the problem to city officials: "I am tired of having to walk through Lebanon every day on my way to lY SUNDAY AUGUST 9 1987 RE-MOUNTING AS YOU WATCH Let us update your diamonds and other precious gems with contemporary 14KT white or yellow gold mountings And we'll size your ring and ultrasonically clean your stones at no extra charge One day only! Come choose from hundreds oi styles: solitaire to cocktail mountings men's rings and pendants $9545000 'Skf SAVE 20 ON LOOSE STONES Dazzling rubies emeralds sapphires Also a gamut of semi-precious stones such as aquamarines citrines amethysts garnets and many more Select from all sizes and shapos One day only you can design your own ring choose your stones and mountings and watch as we set them for you And do it at worthwhile savings during Stem's one-day-only jewelry dazzler 10 AM-8 PM ONE DAY ONLY AT THESE STORES: FLUSHING Mon Aug 10 HICKSVILLE Thurs Aug 13 DOUGLASTON Tues Aug 11 MASSAPEQUA Fri Aug 14 VALLEY STREAM Wed Aug 12 ROOSEVELT FIELD Sat Aug 15 BAY SHORE Mon Aug 17 Fin Jawmlrj DopL 1244 Only at atom listed above Photograph enlaiyed to show details CHARGE IT WITH YOUR STERN'S AMERICAN EXPRESS VISA OR MASTERCARD.