INDIANAPOLIS (AP) � The Notre Dame president says the university will study a state report that says the school committed six safety violations in the October death of a 20-year-old student.
By Sam Werner, The Notre Dame Observer via AP
A hydraulic scissor lift lies on its side near the Notre Dame football field after student Declan Sullivan fell to his death while videotaping practice in high winds.
By Sam Werner, The Notre Dame Observer via AP
A hydraulic scissor lift lies on its side near the Notre Dame football field after student Declan Sullivan fell to his death while videotaping practice in high winds.
Declan Sullivan was killed when the hydraulic lift he was on toppled over in high winds while he was filming football practice.
The Indiana Department of Labor says it is fining the university $77,500 for a series of safety violations.The school will be fined $22,500 for five violations, including failing to properly train Sullivan, the 20-year-old junior film student from the Chicago suburb of Long Grove, Ill. who died in the Oct. 27 accident.
Notre Dame was also fined $55,000 for knowingly exposed Sullivan and two other videographers to unsafe conditions.
The Rev. John Jenkins said Tuesday that Notre Dame will take any necessary steps to protect students and staff. He also repeated as he did in November that the university failed to keep Sullivan safe. Jenkins says the school remains "profoundly sorry."
The school has until April 7 to respond to the state report.
Less than an hour before the incident that led to his death, Sullivan had tweeted his concerns about what he described as "terrifying" weather.
"Gusts of wind up to 60 mph today will be fun at work ... I guess I've lived long enough."
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