Brussels (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – A building in Brussels collapsed on March 3, 2025, after an untrained crane operator mistakenly demolished its facade. Company manager Filip De Meter called it “reckless,” stressing safety rules were ignored.
A building in Brussels collapsed on March 3, 2025, when a crane accidentally hit it. According to officials, this type of demolition is sometimes used in construction, but it has to be done very carefully and with the right training.
They mentioned that the crane operator in this case wasn’t supposed to tear down the building this way and didn’t have the right training. The manager, Filip De Meter said that the collapse was a mistake and the operator wasn’t prepared for this kind of job.
Manager Filip De Meter says,
In this case, it was not the intention that the facade would be demolished in this way.
Was safety ignored in the Brussels facade collapse?
According to the Filip De Meter, it was a “reckless and unacceptable” thing to do and that the workers on the site did it without permission. He said that the company had enough time, money, and space to take down the building safely, so there was no reason to rush or do things the wrong way. He was surprised that the workers chose to do it this way because it goes against the company’s safety rules.
He mentioned that the company acted quickly to fix the problem. They ensured the site was safe and fired the worker who took down the building the wrong way. Officials mentioned that the company cares about safety and doesn’t want this to happen again. They haven’t said exactly why the worker did this, but they made it clear that they won’t let anyone break their safety rules.
In any case, it completely goes against our principles,
Filip De Meter says.
