The latest addition to the Holy Crap Files is the stuff of health and safety nightmares. If you’re a health and safety professional, equipment operator, demolition worker or if you have a functioning brain, you might want to look away now. The video (below) from Taiwan is an object lesson in how risk assessments are…Read moreRead more
Accident
Video – Pray it falls the right way…
Contamination escape at plutonium plant…
Demolition workers await medical results. There has been another incident of contamination at the Hanford Site. This one involves worker vehicles that were driven off the nuclear cleanup site in southeast Washington state. Two vehicles that were contaminated with radioactive waste were driven home Friday and then came back to work at Hanford Monday. They…Read moreRead more
Video – When next door knocks on your wall…
Overly-keen operator knocks wall into neighbouring house. It’s bad enough living next door to a demolition site. There’s noise, dust, vibration and additional traffic to contend with. But all of that pales into insignificance when the demolition taking place next door suddenly comes to visit. This video captures the moment an excavator nudges a wall…Read moreRead more
Going under the knife…
We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. By the time you get to read this, I will likely be in hospital with my head swathed in bandage. 458 days ago, I was hit in the face with a brick on a demolition site. The impact of…Read moreRead more
Video – Close but no cigar…
Silo falls after implosion. Well, almost. A local TV news camera has captured the moment a disused mine silo was felled by a controlled blast. Almost. Instead, the silo failed to abide by the laws of gravity and has been left upright but at a rather more jaunty angle:
Video – Home time…!
Accident or cunning plan for an early finish? You decide. The latest addition to our increasingly large collection of films from the industry’s underbelly – which we call The Holy Crap Files – is a perfect example of what happens when your boss says you can go home just as soon as the building’s down:
Breaking News – Worker severely hurt in MEWP accident…
Investigation underway at Bradley Demolition following incident. Preston-based Bradley Demolition has begun an investigation to establish the cause of an accident in which one of its workers was reportedly injured while operating a Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP). In a brief prepared statement, the company says: “…We can confirm that an incident has occurred at…Read moreRead more
UK Power issues electricity warning…
Demolition man injured whilst forcing open low-voltage circuit breaker cubicle. UK Power Networks has issued a stark warning on the dangers of electrical flashover following an incident in which an unnamed demolition worker was severely injured. According to the UK Power Networks learning points bulletin, a worker forced open the door to a low-voltage circuit…Read moreRead more
Director sentenced over site crush incident…
Company fined over incident in which man had arms crushed by girders. A demolition company and its director have been sentenced after a worker suffered crush injuries when his arms were trapped between two 10 tonne steel girders. Liverpool Crown Court heard how an employee of S. Evans and Sons Limited was injured when the…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Woman struck by falling plasterboard…
Police investigate following incident at Glasgow’s Queen Street station. A woman has been struck by a section of falling plasterboard at Queen Street Station in Glasgow. The plasterboard is believed to have collapsed from the ceiling next to the ticket desk and struck a female passenger. LOcal newspaper reports suggest that the protective structure is…Read moreRead more
