Failing to follow state and federal drug testing protocols has resulted in an $8.5 million settlement in the wrongful death of construction worker fatally struck by a dump truck in St. Paul, Minn.
Industry firms, families mourn losses as contractor and government crews lift wreckage from American Airlines and helicopter in Potomac River, and clear debris field by Feb. 6, with initial NTSB accident report expected by March 1.
California regulators now propose tighter battery storage safety rules after a blaze earlier this month destroyed most of a 300-MW lithium-ion array at Vistra Energy’s 750-MW Moss Landing storage site at a decommissioned gas power plant near San Jose.
A draft version of the American Institute of Steel Construction's safety certification standard, AISC 207, is available for public comment through Feb. 28.
MATT Construction's Nick Pemberton, with neighbors and construction colleagues, used a jobsite water truck, pumps and generator to move pool water where it was needed to fight the Eaton fire in Altadena, Calif.
Senior PM Nick Pemberton of MATT Construction, with neighbors and colleagues, used borrowed and donated equipment to quickly move pool water to where it was critically needed as the Eaton blaze spread to his Altadena, Calif., neighborhood.