Fine handed down after site fatality highlights fickle nature of legal system. It is just 48 hours since I – like so many before me – labelled the law an ass. But with uncustomary haste, the legal profession has today proved itself so be so much worse than that. With a single ruling, it has…Read moreRead more
Accident
Comment – Consistently inconsistent…
McGee slapped with fatality fine…
Demolition firm fined almost six years after fatal accident. McGee Group has been fined half a million pounds after a father-of-two was killed when a reinforced concrete slab collapsed underneath him during a London demolition project. Southwark Crown Court heard that on 14 April 2014, 33-year-old labourer Dainius Rupsys from Lithuania was working with an…Read moreRead more
Comment – So what IS the answer..?
The UK demolition industry has reached a crossroads. An industry friend and sparring partner has recently read my somewhat controversial article “where’s your fury” in which I lambasted the wider demolition industry for its ongoing failure to address accidents and curtail fatalities. Having read the article in question, that friend asked me – simply –…Read moreRead more
Fatal accident at Great Yarmouth…
One man kiled, another injured in “industrial accident”. Norfolk Police have confirmed that one man has died and another has been seriously injured following an industrial incident in Great Yarmouth. Emergency services, including fire and rescue and the air ambulance, were called to the outer harbour site on South Beach Parade yesterday at about 10.50am….Read moreRead more
Brayton Point blaze…
“…fires can be a common occurrence during demolitions..” Fire crews are tackling a blaze at the former Brayton Point power plant in Massachusetts which was the subject of a controlled implosion back in April of this year. According to local TV news stations, this is actually the fourth such blaze to occur at the site…Read moreRead more
Redcar victims named…
Families pay tribute to beloved grandfathers killed in demolition accident. Police have named the two men who tragically died in an explosion at the former SSI site in Redcar. John Mackay, 49, and Tommy Williams, 65, died in an incident at the South Bank site on September 19. IT is understood that Tommy Williams was…Read moreRead more
Redcar tragedy update…
Recovery procedures ongoing after further blasts. The bodies of two men tragically killed in an explosion at the former SSI site might not be recovered for days, according to local newspaper reports. Several further blasts were reported over the weekend as fires continue to rage in towers at the South Bank site. Two men who…Read moreRead more
Giving for Redcar…
Buy a book. Better still, make a donation. It is the morning of Sunday 22 September. The news of the tragic accident at SSI Redcar is still raw, and the ensuing investigation has barely begun. But, in typically generous fashion, there are already moves within the industry to help raise funds for the families of…Read moreRead more
Comment – Where is your fury…?
Two more demolition workers killed. Now what? Profanity, it is said, is the last refuge of the truly ignorant. Well get ready because I am about to be as truly ignorant as it is possible to be. If you have an issue with bad language, stop now. So I find myself, yet again, reporting upon…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Two killed at Redcar steelworks…
John F. Hunt “devastated” over double fatality. Two men have died after being injured in a fire on a former steelworks site in Redcar in the North East of England. The Health and Safety Executive has been informed and all work on the site has been suspended. The victims are understood to have been working…Read moreRead more
