Dive Summary:

• Entergy Arkansas Inc. has filed suit against a subcontractor for the March machinery accident at the Arkansas Nuclear One plant in Russellville that killed a worker, injured three employees, and caused significant damage to the building and its systems.
• The suit, filed this month in Pope County Circuit Court, alleges that the Bigge Crane & Rigging Co. hired to build a gantry, a bridge-like frame, failed to test the machinery which later collapsed while in operation, causing the death and injuries. Entergy has not disclosed the amount its suing for.
• The gantry design engineer said in a letter that it would have been impossible to perform a load test and that the gantry had been used to lift heavier objects in the past.

From the article:

“The suit also names DP Engineering Ltd. of Fort Worth, Texas, VEI General Contractors Inc. of Russellville and John Scroggins, an employee of DP, all for having a part in what the suit describes as miscommunication about the accident.”