Construction on a portion of the $978-million PIP-II project at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., has been shut down for months after an ironworker was seriously injured in a fall at the jobsite earlier this year. The accident is now the focus of a lawsuit brought by the worker, as well as a nearly 200-page U.S. Dept. of Energy report recommending changes to prevent a similar incident from happening.
Fermi Research Alliance (FRA), which operates the particle physics research site Fermilab under a contract with the Dept. of Energy, has developed a phased restart plan, according to Tracy Marc, a spokesperson for the group.
