A contractor has been fined £600 after an employee was hit by falling debris from a wall that was being demolished in an unsafe manner. Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard that on 10th January 2020, Barrowbridge Construction Limited had been contracted to demolish a garage in Clitheroe, Lancashire. Three operatives pushed over the remaining part of…Read moreRead more
Accident
Nominal fine for fractured ankle…
Bridge lift goes awry…
One bridge. One truck. One mishap. Multiple explanations. A bridge was being demolished in Leeds city centre tis weekend when something went awry. Initial reports suggested that a massive section had dropped from a crane, crushing a truck below. Certainly, that was the suggestion from the Daily Mail, a newspaper with only a passing interest…Read moreRead more
Firm fined over fatal blast
An asbestos removal contractor has been fined after a worker was fatally injured and another worker seriously injured in a gas explosion. Hamilton Sheriff’s Court heard how on 5 October 2017, workers were removing a boiler and pipework, and overspraying walls to remove asbestos residue, at the former Pastoral Centre in Bonkle Road, Newmains in…Read moreRead more
London scaffold collapse…
If you were watching yesterday’s Break Fast Show, you will know that we brought you the news of a scaffold collapse on a site in the heart of London. Well now, we van bring you a video that shows the immediate aftermath of that collapse (below). Although we have yet to receive official confirmation, the…Read moreRead more
In memory of the #Didcot4…
At 4.04 pm today – four minutes and five years after the boiler house at Didcot A Power Station collapsed claiming the lives of four men – DemolitionNews will premiere a new film that recalls that fateful day and the lack of progress since. In addition, we will be hosting a LiveStream show dedicated to…Read moreRead more
Didcot – Police remain non-committal…
Thames Valley Police issue statement on 5th anniversary of Didcot Disaster. Thames Valley Police, the police authority responsible for investigating the cause of the Didcot A Power Station collapse in which four demolition workers were killed in 2016, have paid tribute to those who died in the incident. “…Today marks the fifth anniversary of the…Read moreRead more
Some welcome good news…
Injured demolition worker on the road to recovery. Regular readers will recall that at the end of July last year, we reported on an incident in which a young female demolition operative was seriously injured on a site in Essex. There was an outpouring of sympathy and support across the industry as young Shannon Brasier…Read moreRead more
Coming Clean…
Exclusive interview on incident that brought site to standstill; and the report that has the industry talking. A few days ago, DemolitionNews brought you details of the report into an incident in which an AR Demolition excavator fell partially into an unseen underground void. (You can read it here). Well that report has already become…Read moreRead more
Comment – Coming Clean…
About a week ago, I was made aware of an incident on a site in Nottingham here in the UK. No-one was hurt; but reporting on incidents, accidents and fatalities is the biggest single downside of my chosen profession. However, a week on, and having received numerous photos of the incident in question (14 –…Read moreRead more
Taking ownership…
AR Demolition uses site incident as industry learning opportunity. AR Demolition’s Richard Dolman, the newly-elected president of the Institute of Demolition Engineers, has proven that he is a man of his word by not just coming clean about an on site incident, but actively using that incident as an industry learning opportunity. The email servers…Read moreRead more
