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  • Spago's Skylight Shatters at Lunch
    May 2, 2013
    During lunch on May 2 at Wolfgang Puck's Spago in Beverly Hills, a skylight cracked and glass fell on at least two customers, including chef Bernhard Mairinger, according to The Hollywood Reporter."I was literally sitting right underneath it," Mairinger said to the Reporter. "It’s two glasses on top of each other. The bottom one cracked...and fell down on [my girlfriend and me]. It was the two of...

  • Tips on making skylights more energy-efficient
    January 11, 2011
    The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that skylights can contribute to heat gain and loss 40 percent more than windows. However, there are ways to maximize the energy efficiency of skylights. Both tubular and flat skylights can become more energy-efficient when size, location, slope, materials and ventilation are worked at their optimum. Read how.

  • Wasco adds 'smart' glazings to skylight line-up
    November 30, 2010
    Wasco Skylight Products Inc., [Sanford, Maine] one of the nation's largest skylight manufacturers, announced today it has introduced a new glass into its portfolio of high-performance glazings -- one with the ability to respond to fluctuating sunlight and heat conditions by electronically changing its tint, according to a Nov. 30 benzinga.com report.

  • Worker who fell through skylight has died
    March 23, 2010
    Action News has learned a roofer has died after an accident Tuesday [March 16] afternoon in the Tacony section of Philadelphia.Police say the 45-year-old man was doing work on a roof when he fell about 30 feet through the skylight on the roof of the building, according to a March 17 6abc.com report.

  • Boy, 10, falls from Camden Town pub roof
    March 5, 2010
    A 10-year-old boy was left with serious head injuries after falling through the roof of a Camden Town pub [United Kingdom].The youngster was playing on the roof of Tommy Flynn's on Camden High Street on Monday [March 1] evening when he crashed through a skylight above the gents toilets, according to a March 4 Ham & High 24 report.

  • Solyndra files for $300 million IPO
    January 4, 2010
    Solyndra, a Fremont, Calif., solar-panel maker that received a $535 million federal loan guarantee in March to build a massive new factory, filed Friday [Dec. 18, 2009] for a $300 million initial public stock offering, one of the largest such offerings in the past few years.Officials with the company were not immediately available for comment. But the firm disclosed its plans in a...

  • 7-year-old falls through mall skylight
    January 4, 2010
    A 7-year-old boy fell through a skylight at a mall [in Jacksonville, Fla.] this [Dec. 31, 2009] afternoon.The store manager of the Pineapple Post, Gail Tetreault said she went to get her mail and saw a child fall through a skylight this afternoon at the Coste Verde shopping plaza, according to a Dec. 31, 2009, firstcoastnews.com report. 

  • Teen falls through skylight
    October 19, 2009
    A Cottonwood Heights [Utah] teen suffered life-threatening injuries after falling through a skylight of a vacant elementary school.Two 16-year-olds were cutting class from Brighton High School on Tuesday [Oct. 13] afternoon when they climbed to the roof of the vacant Cottonwood Heights Elementary School across the street, said Cottonwood Heights police spokesman Beau Babka.One of the boys stepped...

  • Girl falls 30 feet through a skylight
    August 25, 2009
    A girl falls 30 feet through a skylight and New York personal injury lawyer David Perecman knows that this is a lucky fall. A 30-foot drop has the potential to cause far more severe injuries then only the broken arm and leg suffered by the 8-year-old. A fall like this can be fatal.This fall highlights the need for building managers and owners to carefully monitor the health and safety procedures...

  • Ohio man sues roofing company for job injuries
    August 3, 2009
    An Ohio man who fell through the roof of Salt Rock Elementary School last summer is suing the roofing company for which he worked, alleging it was responsible for the unmarked skylight that he says caused his fall.Paul Arthur of Ironton, Ohio, filed a lawsuit April 1 in Cabell Circuit Court against Boggs Roofing Inc. That suit was later removed to federal court by Boggs Roofing, according to a...
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