18 workers injured in building collapse in Delhi

October 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A crane toppled at a Delhi Metro construction site here Saturday injuring two people, police said. The accident, blamed on "mechanical failure", took place at the proposed Saket Metro station in south Delhi.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bodies of two workers were recovered Wednesday from the debris of an under-construction building that collapsed Tuesday injuring 18 people, a fire department official said. Bodies of Kalim, 30, and Khursheed, 30, were taken out 2.30 a.m.

August 16th, 2009 DUBAI - An eight-storey building under construction in central Dubai collapsed Sunday, a media report said. It was not initially clear if there were any victims, although a number of nearby parked cars were destroyed.

August 4th, 2009 SHIJIAZHUANG - Seventeen people were killed Tuesday when an under-construction building collapsed in China's northern Hebei province, officials said. The incident took place at 9.15 a.m.

July 24th, 2009 Autopsy: 3 NC Slim Jim plant workers were crushedRALEIGH, N.C. — Autopsies show three workers killed in the collapse of a Slim Jim factory in North Carolina were crushed to death.

July 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Nine people were killed when a building in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi collapsed during construction, police said Wednesday. The incident took place in the city's Liaquatabad district Tuesday night when all floors of the five-storey building crashed down, trapping a dozen workers.

July 21st, 2009 Train topples building at W.VA. coal plant; 4 hurtWHARNCLIFFE, W.Va.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Six workers were injured Monday during relief operations at the Delhi Metro construction site in south Delhi where a section of the elevated track had collapsed Sunday, killing six people. The six workers were injured when the steel "launching girder" that holds up the elevated viaduct also came crashing down during relief operations.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least three labourers were killed and seven others injured when an under-construction Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) flyover collapsed in Lajpat Nagar area in South Delhi early this morning. The incident was reported from near Lady Shri Ram College in Lajpat Nagar around 5:00 am.

July 12th, 2009 3 killed, 16 injured in New Delhi bridge collapseNEW DELHI — A concrete slab slipped and crushed the metal beams of a bridge under construction in New Delhi on Sunday, killing three people and injuring 16, police said. The accident happened early Sunday as workers lifted heavy concrete slabs for the bridge, part of the city's new metro rail system, police spokesman Mohammed Iqlaq said.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least five labourers were killed and 20 others injured when an under-construction Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) flyover collapsed in Lajpat Nagar area in South Delhi early this morning. The incident was reported from near Lady Shri Ram College in Lajpat Nagar around 5:00 am.

June 11th, 2009 11th floor scaffolding collapses, 2 fall to deathsAUSTIN, Texas — Fire department officials in Austin, Texas, say scaffolding on the 11th floor of a building collapsed and two workers who were on it fell to their deaths. A third worker was critically injured.

June 11th, 2009 Scaffolding collapses in Texas, 2 fall to deathsAUSTIN, Texas — Fire officials say two workers fell to their deaths after scaffolding collapsed at a construction project in Austin, Texas. Battalion Chief Harry Evans said another man was hospitalized but the extent of his injuries was not known.

June 9th, 2009 2 missing, 20 hurt in NC Slim Jim plant collapseGARNER, N.C. — Officials now say only two people are unaccounted for after an explosion at a Slim Jim meat products plant in North Carolina.

February 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Three people were killed and over a dozen others suffered multiple injuries when a dilapidated building collapsed in southeast Delhi Tuesday evening. The building collapsed in the Meetapur village of Badarpur area around 7.15 p.m.