Structural collapses occur mainly due to overload by itself, or overload in relation to weather conditions. This is why we have Health and Safety!

Katowice (Poland) Convention Center roof collapse 28 January 2006

Hanging load together with the load of the snow on the roof caused a roof collapse and 65 people died in the collapse; many more were wounded.

Christina Aguilera - Justin Timberlake Truss collapse Atlantic City NJ August 2003

Three stagehands were injured. Almost everyone left for dinner minutes before the collapse. The show was cancelled. The estimated $1 million in damage to the tour's equipment put the entire tour on hold.

Heineken Jammin' (Italy) Festival rig collapse June 2007

Texas Stadium

Rieu Accident April 2004

Atlanta GA (Philips Arena) January 2008

Ozzy Truss bender (Australia) May 2008

Montego Bay May 2005

Greenfield Festival 2005

Las Vegas Truss Collapse – Industrial Show 2005

Comstock 2003

Chicago Auto Show 2006 - Truss failure

Can Cun collapse 2005

Pretoria stage collapse August 2003

Truss collapse at Miss Kansas Pageant June 2008

Atlanta GA stage collapse (Akon) October 2007

The road to Hell…

Generator Offloading

Taken at Epsom Race Course two days before the Epsom Derby. The man in the third picture was the truck driver and HiAb operator. He was fully qualified and in safe working area but he did not put out the stabilisers on one side of the truck and tried to lift the generators to high to get over the fence. The site crew had offered to remove the fence but he claimed it was not necessary. He was last seen looking for a new job.

Water and electricity don't mix

This band takes Health & Safety seriously!

Oops!

Elton John stage collapse, Mexico 2010

Fork Lift Parking Area

Correct Use of PPE?

How to erect a marquee

Oh Shit!

Burning Busses                 

 This was Feeders tour bus!

This is the remains of a Nova Travel bus.

This is how "Kill Hanna" enjoyed being on a Crossland bus.

And inside it looked like this!

Saving Able kept warm like this!

Anyone found my Walkman?

This was one of two busses (suppled by Beat the Street) that were being used by the Kings of Leon when they caught fire at the O2 in London, a strucural engineer had to check the building after! 

It is thought a cheap portable fan caught fire (probable not PAT tested) that set fire to one bus before the fire rapidly spreading to the second bus parked close by.

This is probably the worst rigging we have ever seen!