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Removal of internal structure
The roof trusses, 6m above the ground floor, had been left supported on props made by nailing floor joists together; one at each party wall position.
1 July 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 46
Region: CROSS-UK
Responsibility for change
The inadequate substitution of lintels led to them buckling, and the surrounding masonry cracking.
1 February 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 50
Region: CROSS-UK
Fatality from free standing wall collapse
A report was received from a local authority about a boundary wall to the front garden of a domestic property that collapsed suddenly resulting in the death of a child who was passing.
1 January 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 59
Region: CROSS-UK
Facade failure
Large pieces of granite fell without warning from a second floor opening.
1 February 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 63
Region: CROSS-UK
Wind damage to gable wall
Following request for examples of wind damage this collapse was reported of the external brick skin of gable wall of a two storey timber frame terraced house.
1 April 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 78
Region: CROSS-UK
Scottish tenements
A reporter raises concerns about carrying out alterations to old tenement buildings in Scotland.
1 July 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 26
Region: CROSS-UK
Serious injury from free standing wall collapse
A 100mm wide brick masonry wall in a garden collapsed seriously injuring one person.
1 January 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 94
Region: CROSS-UK
Collapse of a gable wall
Part of a gable wall to a fairly recently constructed block of flats collapsed onto a parked car which suffered significant damage.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 92
Region: CROSS-UK
Responsibility for boundary retaining wall
A reporter is concerned about a brickwork retaining wall that separates a path alongside a domestic property from an access road.
1 October 2009
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 129
Region: CROSS-UK
Deadly retaining wall
A blockwork retaining wall, about 2.5 metres high suddenly collapsed causing a fatality.
1 July 2009
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 134
Region: CROSS-UK
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