Former EDS man awaits sentencing. Site supervisor Paul Priestley has been found guilty of a failure of care after a worker plunged to his death whilst gutting the former Cadbury’s Somerdale factory in Keynsham. Priestley, 54, of Halifax, denied failing to take reasonable care for the health and safety of others at work, contrary to…Read moreRead more
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Supervisor found guilty over Keysham fatality…
Keynsham fatality case comes to court…
Demolition site supervisor on trial after worker falls to his death gutting Keynsham factory A demolition man is on trial after a worker plunged to his death whilst gutting the former Cadbury’s Somerdale factory in Keynsham. James Stacey was using a mini-digger to push a large piece of fibreglass tank from the fourth floor of…Read moreRead more
Demolition man dies from injuries…
Industry chalks up another fatality. A demolition worker has died of injuries he suffered when he was crushed on a Yorkshire demolition site. Andy Hagan, 35, who is believed to have lived in Allerton, was reported to have been partially buried when a wall collapsed at the former Deighton Centre in Huddersfield. He died of…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Man injured on Huddersfield site…
Worker partially buried by wall collapse. A man has been badly injured on a demolition site in Huddersfield, according to local newspaper reports. The worker is thought to have been partially buried when a wall collapsed at the former Deighton Centre. The man was one of a number of contractors who have been carrying out…Read moreRead more
Keltbray collapse update…
Contractor confirms that it was one of their own that was injured in this week’s collapse. Keltbray has issued a new statement on the central London collapse that left one man injured. “With reference to the incident on 20 April in Portugal Street, London, where Keltbray is working on the demolition of a building when…Read moreRead more
No demolition work scheduled on day of tragedy…
Investigations ongoing after accident that killed young family. City officials in Bonney Lake say no demolition work was supposed to take place along a Highway 410 overpass on the day that a concrete barrier fell, crushing a young family as they drove underneath the span in a pickup. “We are still looking into whether the…Read moreRead more
Demolition fire could burn for days…
Blaze started after shredder explodes. A fire that broke out at a demolition yard in Colmworth this afternoon could burn for several days yet, according to the company which owns the site. A total of 47 firefighters are continuing to tackle the inferno which started at ABC Demolition in Mill Road, Colmworth, at around 1.06…Read moreRead more
Investigations underway at site of Keltbray collapse…
Work suspended following catastrophic collapse that left one man injured. DemolitionNews.com reports
Breaking News – LSE students evacuated as building collapses…
Air ambulance called following Aldwych collapse. Some 200 people, including workers and students at the London School of Economics (LSE) have been evacuated from the area around Aldwych after a building in Portugal Street collapsed. The building is also close to the Royal Courts of Justice and Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Witnesses reported a “large crash”…Read moreRead more
Did contractor follow plan in tragic contract…?
Mayor questions whether contractor followed its own demolition plan. Bonney Lake Mayor Neil Johnson said it appears to him that Highway 410 overpass contractors didn’t follow their own detailed demolition plan, when a long piece of concrete barrier fell and killed a young family in a pickup below. The accident, at 10:30 a.m. Monday, happened…Read moreRead more
