According to Yahoo news, state regulators are investigating whether The University of Notre Dame violated safety rules when it allowed a student to vidoetape football practice from a tall hydraulic lift that toppled in high winds, killing the young man.
These types are things that I have bad dreams about. Why in the world would this young man risk his life just to videotape this football practice and where was safety / risk management to stop it?
Being a little scared of heights I would NEVER get in a lift especially if the wind was blowing in gusts of 51 miles per hour, I call that common sense. I have also learned that working in the trucking industry that not everyone has it and that is demonstrated by the young man who lost his life. I know that there are certain regulations to follow and it sounds as if someone dropped the ball by not doing proper training and monitoring. Notre Dame has not said alot about the death due to an ongoing investigation. What a way to die and how preventable this was. What about all the football players and coaches, did they not know it was dangerous for him to be up there?
This young mans life could have been spared only if he had the proper training. It is so sad that he died in this horrific way. This makes me want to scream "Use your head people" If it is not safe, don't do it. Hopefully students and employees of the University will take safety more seriously to prevent this type of thing from happening again.
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