Information for Reporters

In 2020, the Construction Industry Fatality Registry was created by New York State legislation. This law requires the New York State Department of Labor (NYS DOL) to maintain a public registry of workplace fatalities in the construction industry based on reports it receives from county coroners, medical examiners, and other authorized officials whose role is to register deaths. This guide includes important information for these reporting officials.

A reporting official is considered a county coroner, medical examiner or other authorized official whose role is to register deaths. 

When determining the cause and manner of a fatality, every county coroner, medical examiner, or other authorized official whose role is to register deaths in New York State, must determine whether the death was the result of a work-related fatal injury in the workplace. All such workplace fatalities in the construction industry must be reported to NYS DOL.

Deaths that are determined to be the result of a work-related fatal injury, should be reported to NYS DOL within 72 hours of the determination of death.

• Name of the worker
• Age of the worker
• Cause of death
• Manner of death
• Location of death
• Name of the contractor
• Business address of the contractor
• Name of the official or medical personnel making the declaration of death
• Name of the person(s) charged with making the determination of the cause and manner of death
• Contact information for the office making the report, including contact information for the person(s) making the declaration of death, the person(s) determining the cause of death, and the person(s) determining the manner of death

Fatalities shall be reported directly to NYS DOL via email at: [email protected]

After filing the report within 72 hours of determination of death, no more is needed from the coroner, medical examiner, or other reporting official. NYS DOL will reach out if additional information is needed.