Like many of my fellow countrymen, I awoke this morning to the tragic and terrible news of the fire that engulfed and seemingly destroyed the Grenfell Tower residential block in West London. It is too early to speculate, but news sources suggest there have been multiple fatalities. It is trite but, having grown up in…Read moreRead more
Accident
Comment – Nothing can prepare demolition workers for this…
Operator killed on Indian site…
Young worker crushed beneath excavator as it falls into unseen basement. The demolition of the fire-ravaged Chennai Silks building on Usman Road in Thyagaraya Nagar was suspended on Saturday after a 22-year-old operator of an excavator died in an accident at the site. One of the two excavators that were involved in the demolition work…Read moreRead more
Video – Almost a trip to A&E…
Demolition video sparks safety concerns as block narrowly misses excavator. Dramatic video from a Tennessee demolition project has state regulators investigating the safety of workers at the site. That video captured what witnesses thought was a potentially dangerous mishap as a building was “tripped”. It occurred in the shadow of Saint Thomas West Hospital near…Read moreRead more
Video – When demolition goes sideways…
When you want a building to go left, sometimes it goes right. The Holy Crap Files – our collection of films from demolition’s darkside – has been swelled by another video, this time from the good ol’ US of A. All looks straightforward enough – Take down a building and allow it to fall into…Read moreRead more
Video – Chimney collapses on Chinese demolition worker…
Horrific incident caught on camera. China might have built the world’s largest economy but it still has much to learn about modern health and safety, as this new video proves. Unfortunately, the country apparently works on the basis that – with a potential workforce of 1 billion people or more – workers are expendable. How…Read moreRead more
Video – Indian implosion experiment fails…
Attempt to fell illegal structure using explosives leaves structure standing askew. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) first ever attempt to demolish an illegal structure using implosion technology on Monday did not yield the desired results, with the building collapsing only partially and prompting officials to plan a repeat of the attempt.
Video – Chinese implosion sends pedestrians fleeing…
Tower block blast takes locals by surprise. To say that the Chinese have a different take on health and safety to us here in the West is a bit like saying that demolition men love bacon. It is stating the obvious. And yet, the activities of our Chinese friends remains endlessly fascinating, even if it’s…Read moreRead more
New Jersey home sprayed with oil…
Demolition works rupture motor oil tank. A demolition crew trying to move an oil container accidentally crushed it, spraying black oil onto a nearby home and prompting a hazmat response. Workers were demolishing a house in Linden when they ruptured the above-ground tank of used motor oil next to a shed in the backyard, police…Read moreRead more
Contractor pleads guilty on explosives charges…
Man who narrowly escaped during stack collapse now facing explosives prosecution. A Pell City contractor pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal explosives storage and record-keeping charges filed after his failed implosion of a 100-year-old smokestack that ended with the structure collapsing on top of the trackhoe he was operating to complete the job (we brought you…Read moreRead more
Video – Another Holy Crap moment…
Operator has lucky escape as entire block falls. The operator of this excavator likely went home coated in a thick layer of dust. But the fact that we went home at all is a blessed relief as the entire block falls, narrowly missing his machine: Building Demolition Atl from Patricia Colacchio on Vimeo.
