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Smokestack collapse crushes excavator cab, somehow doesn’t kill operator
No. 3 Video of 2015 « No. 4 No. 2 »  An excavator operator in Alabama is lucky to be alive after the demolition of a smokestack at a historic mill went wrong earlier this week. According to a report from WIAT TV, demolition contractor Tim Phifer and his crew set off two explosive […]
November 26, 2015
Workforce
Crew rescues 2 co-workers from rubble following demolition collapse
A demolition crew in St. Louis escaped a collapse that occurred while they were working with only injuries, thanks to its own heroics. According to a report from KSDK TV, the crew was in the process of demolishing two buildings Friday morning when the collapse occurred. Because the crew was asked to salvage the building’s […]
May 5, 2015
Construction Equipment
1,100 pounds of dynamite fails to bring down Vegas hotel, ruins demo firm’s perfect record
With hundreds of spectators gathered and even a couple of showgirls in attendance, when it came time for the Clarion Hotel in Las Vegas to perform its final number, a bit of stage fright set in. Despite 1,100 pounds of dynamite and 24 explosive charges, when all the dust settled, the elevator shaft of the […]
February 23, 2015
Construction Equipment
Failed demolition leaves half of a tower teetering precariously above city
Back in December 2009, crews got to work on the demolition of a 22-story residential tower in the city of Liuzhou in southern China. But things didn’t go exactly as planned. As the Daily Mail reported at the time, the implosion of the building successfully broke the building into two parts as planned—but failed to bring […]
May 22, 2014
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