Six years in jail after worker fell to his death from roof. Two building firm directors have been jailed after a workman plunged from a roof and died The death of Scott Harrower, 42, was the second serious workplace accident to occur on January 22, 2014, at the former Carpet Right building in Heaton Norris,…Read moreRead more
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Bosses jailed over fatal fall…
Video – Excavator falls through floor…
Amateur video captures moment machine plummets through building. A bystander has captured the dramatic moment that an excavator fell through an upper floor of a building in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The excavator was working on the second floor of the building when it crashed through to the ground level. “All of a sudden, boom! The…Read moreRead more
Demolition debris hits school bus…
Partial collapse rains debris onto Philly school bus. A section of a building being demolished collapsed in Philadelphia’s Old City section, starting a chain reaction that damaged a Souderton Area School District school bus. The collapse happened after 9 a.m. Thursday at the site of an old industrial building being demolished at 5th and Race…Read moreRead more
Didcot recovery set to start…
More than three weeks after the tragic collapse, Coleman and Company get recovery green light. After several weeks of planning, Coleman and Company has finally been given the go-ahead to begin recovery operations at the Didcot A power station site where four men were tragically killed in a boiler house collapse on 23 February. According…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Major incident at Didcot…
Media reports of explosion at power station that is undergoing demolition. UK media outlets are reporting a “major incident” at the former Didcot A power station in Oxfordshire which is in the midst of demolition by Birmingham-based Coleman and Company. Several news feeds are reporting an explosion while others suggest that the noise and dust…Read moreRead more
Huge payout over demolition death…
Man died during demolition of Kyle Field stadium. Relatives of a demolition worker have been awarded $53 million over his 2013 death after he fell four storeys during renovation of Texas A&M’s Kyle Field. Jurors in Houston on Wednesday decided on damages in the negligence lawsuit filed on behalf of Angel Garcia’s mother and two…Read moreRead more
Video – Could have been so much worse…
Operator walks away after parking garage falls onto his machine. The unplanned collapse of a parking garage at Houston’s Corporate Plaza tonnes of concrete and steel onto the roof of a hydraulic excavator. But, miraculously, the operator walked away seemingly without a scratch. The demolition of the parking garage was being carried out by Cherry…Read moreRead more
Video – If you see me running…
…try to keep up. When a demolition man runs out of the site, it’s a sure sign that something is not quite right. So fact forward to the 29 second mark of the video below, and see how much faith in the excavator operator the hard-hatted Usain Bolt has:
Video – Truck damaged in Hulton Bridge blast…?
Blast blew window out of rental truck. In the aftermath of the Hulton Bridge implosion, a local business owner is claiming that a piece of metal ejected from the blast blew out the back window of a pick-up truck and “could have killed someone”. Bill Harvanek said when his employees at Oakmont Truck Rental returned…Read moreRead more
Video – Saks of debris hit street below…
Film captures moment rubble falls onto busy Pittsburgh street. At first glance, this time-lapse video is just another work-a-day film of a high reach excavator going about its business at the Saks building on Pittsburgh’s 5th Avenue. But watch closely at the 11 second mark and you might just spot something a little more sinister…Read moreRead more
