Tag: collapse
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Builder avoids jail after roof collapse injures three and destroys home
However, on the day itself, he instructed his workers to remove key supporting timbers and steels. This resulted in the collapse of the brick gable wall, striking the workers and destroying the first floor of the home, which was occupied at the time. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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LA tunnel work remains halted after partial collapse
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A Los Angeles area wastewater tunnel partially collapsed July 9 in a section “where the ground exerted high pressure on the area,” according to a letter from Robert Ferrante, chief engineer and general manager of…
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LA tunnel work remains halted after partial collapse
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A Los Angeles area wastewater tunnel partially collapsed July 9 in a section “where the ground exerted high pressure on the area,” according to a letter from Robert Ferrante, chief engineer and general manager of…
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‘Lucky nobody was killed’: company fined after house collapse injures four
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector says it was “lucky nobody was killed” after four men were injured, including two seriously, when the first floor of a house collapsed during building works. Aryn Stones Ltd had been contracted to build a new domestic property in Hampstead, north London. On 31 May 2022, remedial works…
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Falcon unfairly sacked crane operator following Edinburgh jib collapse
An employment tribunal has found that Falcon unfairly dismissed a crane operator following the collapse of a crane at a construction site in Edinburgh two years ago. The crane operator, referred to as G Shields, has been awarded more than £29,000 after the tribunal concluded his dismissal had been “substantively unfair” and there hadn’t been…
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Director fined after worker fractures bones in excavation collapse
A company and its director have been fined a combined £18,000 after a man was injured during excavation work in West Sussex. The accident happened on 23 February 2023 during the installation of a septic tank that JHE Construction was carrying out as part of a full barn conversion at Lone Oak Farm. Edward Keely,…