falling debris
Collapsing structure's hazard
Falling debris refers to objects dropping from above—fragments of buildings, trees, aircraft, or other structures that have broken loose and are descending through the air.
The phrase appears most often in warnings and safety contexts: Watch out for falling debris, The area was evacuated due to falling debris from the damaged structure.
It encompasses anything from construction materials to storm-loosened branches to chunks of demolished buildings.
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- collapseSudden structural failure
- shrapnelScattered explosion fragments
- dustFine settled particles
- crashSudden violent impact
flying glass · wreckage · avalanche · crumbling · shattered · impact · destruction · cascade · plummeting · rocks · chunks · scatter · demolition · construction zone · hard hat · shower · tumbling · concrete
- hazardsfire hazard, fire hazards, toxin, contamination, tripping hazard
- urban hazardspotholes, crime, traffic, accidents, sinkholes
- 9/11World Trade Center, Twin Towers, Ground Zero, September 11, Pentagon
- workplace injuriescuts, burns, fractures, sprains, lacerations
- worksite hazardselectrocution, cave-in, chemical exposure, asbestos, confined spaces
- earthquake effectsearthquake, aftershock, aftershocks, tremor, tremors