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
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Didcot recovery set to start…
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
Breaking News – Griffin Campbell faces 30 years…
Contractor at heart of accident that killed six faces massive jail term. A Philadelphia contractor was sentenced on Friday to 15 years to 30 years in prison for his role in a 2013 building demolition that caused an adjacent store to collapse, killing six people, according to prosecutors. Griffin Campbell, 51, was convicted at a…Read moreRead more
Contractor cited over bridge collapse…
Blame for bridge collapse caught on camera levelled at contractor. A Pennsylvania contractor has been cited for “serious” violations that federal investigators say led to the partial collapse of a north central Pennsylvania bridge in June last year, injuring at least two workers. Records released to Pennlive by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)…Read moreRead more
Contractor arrested over almost fatal chimney blast…
Demolition man wasn’t licensed to carry out work that almost killed him. Police have arrested and subsequently charged a demolition man who was almost killed when a chimney fell onto his excavator in the aftermath of a botched implosion. At the time of the demolition, which we reported here, the contractor hired to remove the…Read moreRead more
