Near miss at building site as concrete pours from nine stories up
Tuesday 9 October 2007, 4:00PM
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Workers assess the mess and the damage to a Holcim Concrete mixer Credit:
infonews.co.nz
Ready to refill after dumping a full bucket from 9 stories up onto the ground Credit:
infonews.co.nz
The Holcim Concrete mixer at the Hawkins constrction site on Albert St Credit:
infonews.co.nz
The Concrete bucket nine stories up which droped its load onto the ground on Albert St today Credit:
infonews.co.nz
Workers and pedestrians were lucky not to be hurt today when a concrete lifting bucket emptied onto the ground from nine stories up at a Hawkins construction site on Albert Street.
The Bucket's contents landed on a road next to the Hawkins construction site on Albert St next to the Whyndham towers oppisite the New Zealand Herald Building.
Several pedestrians and workers were hit by splattering concerete and The Holcim Conceret mixer which filled the bucket was covered in concrete, luckly no one was injured.
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