August 11, 2011
Federal officials say they found that a Georgia firm violated safety regulations after a Covington man died when a trench collapsed at a subdivision in Cumming. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Friday that Jackson-based …
August 11, 2011
Federal officials say they found that a Georgia firm violated safety regulations after a Covington man died when a trench collapsed at a subdivision in Cumming. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Friday that Jackson-based …
August 1, 2011
Anne Arundel County officials say one construction worker was killed and another was injured when a 30-foot wall collapsed at the site of a casino being built at Arundel Mills Mall. Rescue workers were called to the site of the …
August 1, 2011
One worker has been killed and another seriously hurt in an industrial accident in Central Texas. San Marcos police say a pre-engineered metal building frame under construction collapsed Wednesday at Thermon Manufacturing Company. Police did not immediately provide further details …
July 20, 2011
Wayne Paquette stood beside a mangled pile of metal, the ribs of one of his greenhouses. Beside him, only the two gable ends of the Quackin’ Grass Nursery structure remained. Paquette’s Brooklyn greenhouse, like many other agriculture structures, last winter …
July 15, 2011
Nine months after a flood of toxic red sludge devastated Hungarian villages, the country has built more than 100 new homes for the displaced. But for survivors such as Istvan Fuchs, who lost his mother in the disaster, the emotional …
July 14, 2011
The Metrodome’s new roof is up again. Stadium officials and construction workers have completed a test inflation of the Teflon-coated ceiling. Chief engineer Steve Maki says the process was problem-free. It took about an hour Wednesday morning. The project is …
July 13, 2011
Sharp County Sheriff’s Department investigators believe alcohol may have played a role in the drowning of a 17-year-old boy in the Spring River. Deputies say the drowning happened around 1 a.m. Saturday at the L.B. Access to the river. Sharp …
June 28, 2011
Officials say eight people, including two firefighters, have been hospitalized after a fire caused the roof to collapse at a central Florida motel. Osceola County Fire Rescue officials said the motel’s guests were evacuated Sunday night when the fire began …
June 27, 2011
A berm holding the flooded Missouri River back from a Nebraska nuclear power station collapsed early Sunday, but federal regulators said they were monitoring the situation and there was no danger. The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station shut down in early …