1 in 5 employee-related deaths in the US is due to demolition work.
In the United States 945 demolitions occurred and 11,615 workers were employed in the industry in 2018.
The accidents studied and classified are taken from all 653 occupational accidents in demolition work.
In 201 83 of 8,300 occupational accidents in the construction sector happened on demolition sites.
3.2% of the 5,813 accidents reported happened on demolition sites.
Major incidents in 2019 include the four deaths of demolition workers at three different sites and the collapse of scaffolding around a derelict shopping centre in Reading that was being demolished.