Tag: building collapse

Safety

Worker killed when Manhattan town home collapses during demolition

One worker was killed and another suffered serious injuries when a building partially collapsed as crews performed demolition work in Manhattan at the end of last month. According to a report from the Associated Press, 26-year-old Pedro Bacilio was killed when a portion of a five-story town house in Midtown collapsed Oct. 30. DNAInfo New […]

November 20, 2015

Construction Equipment

Building suddenly collapses atop excavator in demolition gone wrong

It’s hard to see exactly what went wrong in this video, but it definitely highlights the dangers of demolition work. The operator is gutting the building and at a couple of points he’s having a hard time pulling something to the exterior. However, when the building finally goes, it looks like he’s reaching back inside […]

December 19, 2014

Safety

Collapse at Boston construction site injures 3 workers

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include the injury of a third worker in the accident. Two workers were hospitalized Thursday morning in Boston in the wake of a partial collapse of a 33-story residential building under construction. The workers’ injuries were said to be non-life threatening, but one of the workers did […]

March 20, 2014

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Inspector of collapsed Philadelphia building commits suicide, says collapse “wasn’t my fault”

The collapse of a downtown Philadelphia building that killed 6 people last week has turned even more tragic with news coming this morning that an inspector who surveyed the building weeks before it was demolished was found dead Wednesday night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Ronald Wagenhoffer, 52, worked for the city’s Department of Licenses […]

June 13, 2013

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Demolition of Philadelphia building under investigation after collapse atop thrift store kills 6

A four-story building on Philadelphia’s Market Street collapsed atop a Salvation Army thirft store next door Wednesday morning, killing at least 6 people and injuring more than a dozen others. The collapse happened around 10:43 a.m. Wednesday, shaking the ground and creating a noise that one witness who spoke with Philly.com said sounded “like a […]

June 6, 2013