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Wisconsin Power & Light Co.’s largest coal-fired power plant, Columbia Energy Center, with two subcritical units over 500 MW, was required to bring its air emissions into compliance with federal standards.

Authorities probe safe access into wreckage to find three presumed dead in the Feb. 23 fatal collapse; demolition firm had safely worked on other site structures.

Search efforts at the 10-story building in England that suddenly fell on Feb. 23, trapping three workers, are hampered by a "very unstable structure," says one fire official.

Data on workplace incidents—and more importantly, their absence—can tell contractors a great deal about the effectiveness of their safety programs.

Some contractors are stuck in the mid-1980s when it comes to measuring and setting a standard for safety performance.