Worker killed during Dutch factory demolition….

Concrete wall falls on demolition worker.

A 42-year old man has become the latest demolition worker to be killed in what must surely rank as one of the most tragic starts to a new year in the industry’s history.

The accident happened yesterday morning at 8 am local time but it took several hours for emergency services to make the site sufficiently safe to recover the man’s body.

This latest incident follows hot on the heels of a spate of site deaths in the US.

Read more (in Dutch) here.