Deaths from SouthPark fire were preventable, lawsuit from families of victims says
The families of two workers unable to escape the historic fire accuse the developer and others of disregarding the rights and safety of workers.
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The families of two workers unable to escape the historic fire accuse the developer and others of disregarding the rights and safety of workers.
The defendants include Mill Creek Residential, SouthPark Charlotte Apartments, MCRT Carolinas Construction LLC (Modera South Park), MCRT Carolinas LLC, Mill Creek Residential Services LLC and Kentucky Overhead Door Inc. (Baker Insulation).
Cited for deficiencies linked to deaths after scaffolding collapse and massive SouthPark fire, companies challenged some penalties.
A settlement has been reached with two companies that were fined thousands of dollars following a devastating apartment construction site fire that killed two workers in SouthPark last May.
The North Carolina Department of Labor has reached a settlement with two of three companies that were fined for a deadly fire that broke out at a SouthPark construction site.