One of the 3M’s products is under scrutiny in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by the family of a Seattle construction worker who died following a 35-ft fall in 2018. The company has come under recent criticism from the Trump administration over the export of medical personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic.
A veteran construction foreman within months of retirement, Walter Burrows fell on May 22, 2018 while working on $3.7-billion East-Link light rail project.