Demolition debris crashes through window into family home. A mother and her four young children escaped serious injury when debris from a building being demolished next door came crashing through their window. Marissa Williams was in her first-floor apartment in Wilkinsburg on Tuesday with her 7-month-old son and three young daughters when bricks, mortar and…Read moreRead more
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Video – Narrow escape for family of five…
Two workers killed in Bangkok collapse…
Investigation launched after tower block tumbles. Two demolition workers were killed yesterday when an eight-storey building under demolition on Sukhumvit Soi 87 in Bangkok collapsed. Rescue workers, police and fire-fighters continued their search for two workers believed to be trapped under the debris. It was initially reported that four workers were trapped in the building,…Read moreRead more
Industry veteran killed in accident…
Another high profile site death further tarnishes tragic year. An operator of an excavator at the Gap Inc. distribution centre died Saturday after a piece of steel beam pierced the cab, according to state police. The operator of the Komatsu excavator was pronounced dead at the scene. DemolitionNews understands that the man killed is industry…Read moreRead more
Video – Excavator crushed as block falls…
No information on the well-being of the operator; but this is not for the squeamish. There are times when we genuinely question our decision to present demolition in a warts-and-all fashion and without the filter of rose-coloured spectacles. This is one of those occasions. A tower block falls onto an excavator with a operator inside….Read moreRead more
Video – 40-watt club recruits another…
You cut the base out of a concrete tower. What did you think would happen? Any demolition method that requires the operative involved to possess the speed of Usain Bolt and the reflexes of a startled cat must surely be questionable. And yet, time and again, YouTube throws up examples of these oxygen thieves risking…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Man killed in Memphis accident…
One killed, one injured in industrial accident. Police say a worker has been killed and another has been injured in an industrial accident at the Cargill plant in Memphis. Memphis police spokesman Louis Brownlee says a wall collapsed during demolition at the plant at around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. Brownlee says the injured worker was taken…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Coleman loses Didcot contract…
RWE NPower ends contract amidst ongoing investigation. The demolition company working at the site of a collapse at Didcot Power Station has lost its contract, according to the BBC. Operator RWE NPower said it was ending the demolition contract due to an ongoing investigation into the boiler house collapse in February that claimed the lives…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Operator trapped as chimney falls…
Emergency services on site after chimney falls on machine. Emergency rescuers scrambled to a neighbourhood in Ladue, Missouri earlier today after receiving calls of a person trapped under a chimney. A person operating an excavator was trapped while performing the demolition of a residential property. Read more here:
Video – Hate to say I told you so…
Thrill-seeking YouTubers gain access to gas holder due for demolition. Regular readers will know that – just a few weeks ago – we warned of the dangers of thrill-seeking youngsters armed with video cameras that were trespassing on construction sites in order to gain notoriety on YouTube. At the time, we warned that it wouldn’t…Read moreRead more
Video – 40-watt Club keeps on growing…
Demolition near-miss caught on camera. An untrained man with a sledgehammer is a potential risk to himself and to others. But stir in the presence of a video camera, and that potential risk quickly escalates to become an almost inevitable accident in waiting. And so, our 40-watt Club for the terminally dim gains another member…Read moreRead more
