They die of falling rocks and winches and icicles.
Firstly, ellipsoidal models are established to simulate falling rocks approximately, and sphericity is employed as the representative index of falling rock's shape.
During its servicing life the precast segmental column might be subjected to lateral impact loads from hazards such as falling rock and vehicle collision etc., which however has not been well understood.
Several of the injured people were hit by falling rocks.
Roadside signs prepped me for hazards: ice, floods, wandering deer, falling rocks, street closures.
As well as the cast of monsters, you've falling rocks, doorways that lead to sheer drops and other environmental hazards to deal with.
Cracks created by the earthquakes have left entire hillsides hanging and falling rocks are a constant hazard.
Many ski areas have cut down their forests because of the hazard of falling trees and have revegetated the land.
Now, about those hard hats: falling rocks, particularly after rain, can be a hazard here; a rare one, but in 2014 there were two deaths in the gorge after flash floods.
While falling rock has always been a hazard for alpinists, the melting of the permafrost that has for long acted as a glue for some large rock features has made them desperately unstable.
The largest class of deaths involved objective hazards such as avalanches, icefall collapses, crevasses, and falling rock.
