Generators likely caused Bangladesh factory disaster

May 5, 2013

Generators likely caused Bangladesh factory disaster

A top investigator probing the recent garment factory disaster in Bangladesh on Friday blamed vibrations from four illegal generators for the collapse of the building, in which more than 500 workers were killed. The preliminary findings of the government probe, as described by lead ...

Feb 3, 2013

Sasago Tunnel bolts fatally flawed

At least 60 percent of the anchor bolts used in Yamanashi Prefecture’s Sasago Tunnel weren’t as strong as they were designed to be, the infrastructure ministry has learned after surveying the site of a fatal ceiling collapse. Nine people were crushed by concrete roof ...