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Failure of cantilevered stone staircase
During the renovation and change-of-use conversion of a former minor stately home built around 1830, under pedestrian loading, a ‘cantilevered’ stone staircase partially collapsed without warning.
21 February 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1147
Region: CROSS-UK
Stone cladding panel concerns
A reporter is concerned in respect of the risk of failure of stone cladding panels.
9 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1069
Region: CROSS-UK
Vegetation damage to railway arches
Lack of clarity as to maintenance responsibilities leads to degradation of railway arches.
6 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1064
Region: CROSS-UK
Retaining wall collapsed onto highway due to heavy rain
A 2.5m high sandstone retaining wall collapsed onto a highway following a period of heavy rain.
1 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 791
Region: CROSS-UK
Dangerous building work on domestic project
Temporary propping fails during works to a semi-detached property putting the whole building at risk of collapse.
10 March 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1062
Region: CROSS-UK
Risks associated with historic stone balconies
A reporter highlights the structural issues of a stone balcony they encountered when working on a Grade II listed terrace house.
13 December 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1001
Region: CROSS-UK
Near miss when modifying brickwork
A reporter’s experience of creating a new door opening in an existing brick wall on the first floor of an old building is not always as simple as it would appear.
1 February 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 847
Region: CROSS-AUS
Large stone panel falls from building façade
A reporter witnessed a large stone panel detach from a second floor beam and fall to the ground, narrowly missing a group of school children.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 467
Region: CROSS-UK
Parapet wall collapse
The sudden failure of parapet coping stones on an old two storey industrial building caused the stones to fall onto a road and pavement below.
1 January 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 711
Region: CROSS-UK
Thin stone cladding problems
A reporter was involved with two investigations which uncovered problems with thin stone cladding.
1 October 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 648
Region: CROSS-UK
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