Iowa’s Attorney General has reached a settlement in an Iowa One Call lawsuit alleging that a contractor conducted an illegal excavation in Pella that led to two deaths.  Attorney General Tom Miller filed the lawsuit against MCS Communications of Concord, North Carolina.  According to Miller’s petition, MCS failed to exercise due care when conducting excavations to fiber optic cable in Pella in 2020.  On August 1 of that year, a MCS crew hit an electrical line with a jackhammer.  Two workers were electrocuted and a third was injured.  Other excavations damaged natural gas pipelines and a telecommunications line.  MCS is admitting to the violations and paying a $10,000 civil penalty.  In a separate matter, the Iowa Occupational and Health Safety Administration has issued several citations against MCS and the company is paying them a $12,250 fine.