Video: Man falls 30 feet after scaffolding accident
Video Credit: Newsflare A video showing the aftermath of a scaffold collapse on the side of a boat in the Philippines on the 12th May has been published. At a drydock in Zambales, Phillippines four workers were working on the side of a cargo ship when the scaffold collapsed. The collapse resulted in the death of one contractor while three others were...
Video: Scaffolders working on Tower Bridge 1951
This gem of a video depicts the life of a scaffolder in the 1950s perfectly. Working from one scaffold board 200ft above the Thames, scaffolders erect structures around Tower Bridge in London for stonemasons to make vital repairs after WW11.
Scaffolding on West Ham Power Station Demolition 1984
https://youtu.be/VS-rkdlJAxI Old video footage from Thames News shows a huge scaffold erected by Westminster Scaffolding in 1984 during the demolition project of West Ham Powerstation which was closed on the 31 October 1983. The site of the power station is now occupied by the Electra Business Park. Over the course of 12 weeks, Scaffolders erected over 47 miles of scaffold tube...
U.S. Scaffold collapse caught on video
Workers had to run for their lives as strong winds cause a scaffold collapse in Rockford, Illinois USA. The terrifying video below caught by onlooker Nicholas Layng shows the tremendous force of mother nature. Workers from the construction site have said four people were on the scaffolding when they noticed it began to detach from the side of the building. All four were able...
35-storey scaffolding demolished by mother nature
This unbelievable video captured by a bystander, shows the actual moment strong winds brought down a huge 35-storey scaffolding structure. The video captured earlier this month shows tubes and boards falling away from the building as winds of 72kmp were reported across Tehran, the capital of Iran. The footage looks to show the entire scaffolding start to move in an upward motion before collapsing...
Video: Wind brings down scaffolding in the USA
Shocking video emerges of a scaffold collapse in downtown Portland, Oregon, USA. Wind was a factor in bringing the structure down but possibly the deciding factor could be missing or failing ties. Thankfully no injuries have been reported.
Video: Salisbury Cathedral Scaffolding 1950
Great little video showing the old school scaffolding and the nail biting views from 400+ feet from the top of Salisbury Cathedral in the 1950's. Amazingly the video also shows us the old original winch and the original oak scaffold boards used to build the cathedral in the 13th century. According to Wikipedia - The cathedral has the tallest church spire...
Dramatic video captures collapse of scaffolding from highrise building
Onlookers capture shocking footage of scaffolding collapsing from a nine story building in Japan during high winds. Video has emerged online of the moment when high winds peeled away scaffolding and metal panels from a nine-story building that was due for demolition in Tama, western Tokyo, Japan. The incident happened on Sunday (17 April) thankfully there has been no reports of...
Video: 30ft Mobile scaffolding tower crashes down onto busy street
Video captures the scene as a 30ft mobile scaffolding tower came crashing down in a high street, narrowly missing cars. Last Sunday shop owners and traders in a Winchester High Street dashed to move their cars from the path of a collapsing aluminium mobile tower scaffold. Three dosey contractors who had been clearing out gutters on a shop reportedly proceeded to...
