Bar Harbor hotel owner fined $46K for carport collapse that killed worker

Bar Harbor hotel owner fined $46K for carport collapse that killed worker

A resort company that owns and operates several hotel properties in Maine has been ordered to pay $46,340 in workplace safety penalties for violations that contributed to the death of a longtime worker in Bar Harbor earlier this year. Mark A. King, 64, was crushed and killed when a carport canopy collapsed at the Bar Harbor Regency on Feb. 24. King was part of a crew doing demolition work on the canopy, according to the federal Occupational Safe…

ZIA warns developers after Illegal clinic extension kills worker - Lusaka Star

The Zambia Institute of Architects (ZIA) has expressed deep sadness following the death of a worker in a tragic building collapse that occurred during the illegal extension of a private clinic in Luanshya. ZIA President Musunka Silungwe said preliminary investigations conducted jointly by ZIA and the Luanshya Municipal Council revealed that the collapse was a result of an illegally constructed ring beam that failed, ultimately crushing a worker …