Worker struck by concrete panel during link bridge demolition. A demolition company has been fined after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he was struck by a concrete spandrel panel. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how Vale Park Demolition Services Limited was contracted to demolish a link bridge structure at Littleborough Primary School, Rochdale. On 29…Read moreRead more
Accident
Firm fined over scaffolder injury…
Breaking News – Maidenhead scaffold collapse…
Parked cars damaged as scaffold falls into street. Scaffolding erected to facilitate the Colonade demolition for the Chapel Arches project has collapsed, damaging several parked cars. The scaffolding collapsed this around noon today (Monday) at the Colonnade, High Street, Maidenhead. Thames Valley Police said: “We were called shortly before midday to reports that scaffolding had…Read moreRead more
Video – Brush with death…
Only quick reactions saved this man. Less than a week after a woman was killed on a London street when a pallet of bricks fell from a tower crane, a man has had a narrow escape as a chunk of concrete flew from a London demolition site, missing him by inches. According to reports in…Read moreRead more
Video – Danish silo blast goes horribly wrong…
Harbour silo falls onto public library. Danish demolition contractors were left red-faced this weekend when the planned implosion of a harbour-side silo went horribly awry. ‘I simply do not know how it may have gone so bad,’ blasting manager Kenneth Wegge told Danish new network TV EAST.
Video – Excavator lies down at hotel…
Operator unscathed as machine falls partially into void. You know you’re having a bad day when you’re minding your own business when suddenly the ground swallows one of your machine’s tracks. And you know your day is about to get a whole lot worse when you realise that someone was filming you when it happened.
Video – Worker fined over site crush incident…
WARNING – This video contains graphic images. An employee of a skip firm has been sentenced after causing serious injury to a pedestrian. Southwark Crown Court was shown CCTV footage of the incident which took place on 2 August 2017. The footage showed Mr Daividas Rupeika driving into another excavator at the site in Wimbledon,…Read moreRead more
Video – Amateurs at work…
Stand well back; this is NOT going to end well. YouTube, it seems, is filled to the rafters with video footage of demolition being done poorly, unprofessionally or unsafely. Doe that mean that the watching world has a morbid fascination with demolition going awry; or is this merely a sad indictment of the sheer volume…Read moreRead more
Video – Blowtorch blamed as fire engulfs Sydney site…
Exploding gas bottles force evacuation of site. An explosive fire that sent “fireballs” flying and plumes of toxic black smoke into the sky was caused by a worker’s blowtorch, which caused gas bottles to explode and forced the evacuation of the site. The Circular Quay inferno, which sent plumes of toxic black smoke and caused…Read moreRead more
Charges to be brought over Didcot disaster
Number of individuals facing corporate manslaughter charges. An evidence file has been passed to prosecutors by police investigating the fatal collapse of Didcot Power Station. At a pre-inquest review hearing at Oxford Coroner’s Court, Det Ch Insp Craig Kirby gave an update in Thames Valley Police’s investigation. He said it was looking at charges of…Read moreRead more
Pre-inquest review imminent at Didcot…
Interim findings from Didcot investigation expected later this month. Pre-inquest reviews will be held for the four men who died in the Didcot Power Station collapse of February 2016. The pre-inquest review will be held at Oxford Coroner’s Court at County Hall in New Road on January 31 from 2pm. It will be in part…Read moreRead more
