Hinkley Point C site served notice after crane ‘component failure’

Houston Crane Co. Slammed with $640M Verdict Over Construction Site Fatality  - The Texas Lawbook

Jurors in Harris County this week awarded the family of a man who was killed at a construction site a total of $640 million, most of which came in the form of a whopping $480 million assessment of punitive damages against Houston-based TNT Crane & Rigging.  A day before the jury assessed punitive damages, counsel for TNT had asked the court in an emergency motion for a mistrial, dismissal of the punitive damages phase of trial and sanctions agai…

Hinkley Point C site served notice after crane ‘component failure’

AN improvement notice has been served to the developers of Hinkley PointC’s construction site after a component failure was found in a crane. TheOffice for Nuclear Regulation told the NNB Generation Company (HPC) Ltd(NNB GenCo) that it must improve monitoring and management of tower cranesat the Hinkley Point C construction site near Bridgwater. This enforcementaction follows the discovery of a failing component in a tower crane at thesite in Fe…