Police are investigating after a construction worker used a construction vehicle to destroy the reception area of a newly built hotel in Liverpool, UK - reportedly because his pay was overdue.

Video of the incident, which took place Monday afternoon, shows the man use an excavator to ascend a small set of steps before clawing his way into the building and leaving a path of destruction.

In an alternate view of the carnage posted online, other workers are shown watching in amazement as the scorned worker uses the machine's crane arm to scrape tiles and wires from ceiling. He fled from the scene after wrecking the building, according to police.

Samuel White, a ceiling repairer at the site, said the destruction lasted for "a good 20 or 30 minutes." He referred to the man as "some idiot in a minidigger" who claimed he was owed £600 - equal to about $1090 AUD, Independent reports.