Ohio demolition gone wrong

[TomG]

Saw this on my news feed today. Looks like some one seriously messed up! Good thing is no one got hurt, but it looks like it was a close call with the wires.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101111/ap_on_re_us/us_demolition_debacle_4

 

[heavylift]

ouch!!! well lots of luck involved there

 

[casecx700]

yea that would make for a bad day. even made the news here in arizona

 

[tonka]

yup... even HEO-girl heard about it in maine...

 

[oldtanker]

Cheapest bidder???????

Rick

 

[ke6gwf]

How many safety issues and stupid things can we spot in this case?

I will start with having everybody under power lines within reach of the stack.

(and add that #2 is not hiring CD!

 

[DEERE310SG]

Wow not good.

Kyle

 

[motrack]

The newspaper over that way said they found a undetected crack in the structure and when it was blown things went down hill from there.

Sounds like it needed a closer inspection before the blasting started.

 

[Turbo21835]

The newspaper over that way said they found a undetected crack in the structure and when it was blown things went down hill from there.

Sounds like it needed a closer inspection before the blasting started.

Sounds like an attempt to CYA to me. I have seen several brick stacks shot, and I can understand an unseen crack. An unseen crack in a concrete stack such as this is a serious over look by someone who is supposed to be a professional blaster.

 

[motrack]

Thats exactly what I was thinking.

 

[Burns-Tractor]

Ouch