April 27, 2008
Reports of the investigations into the Willow Island Disaster
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Investigation of Construction Failure of Reinforced Concrete Cooling Tower At Willow Island, West Virginia, by Center for Building Technology, National Engineering Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards.
Governor's Commission on Willow Island: Report to the Governor and the Legislature (1MB)
A Citizens Investigation of the Willow Island Scaffold Disaster (0.5MB)
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