Demolition Safety Planning Stats and Facts

FACTS

OSHA’s Top 5 Demolition Site Violations

1. Lack of a written engineering survey.
2. Inadequate fall protection.
3. Improper shoring or bracing of walls.
4. Insufficient inspections of stairways & ladders.
5. Testing & removal of hazardous materials.

STATS

• 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.