Dive summary:
- An accident at a demolition site in St. Paul, Minn., claimed the life of a 61-year-old backhoe operator Sept. 10 when a part of the supporting structure in a former factory building gave way and landed on the machine's cab.
- In July, crews had begun knocking down the 650,000-square-foot former Gillette/Diamond factory in St. Paul's Lowertown area so a 7,000-seat stadium for the St. Paul Saints minor-league baseball team can be built on the site.
- The operator, who a fire marshal said was hit by a concrete chunk measuring about 10 feet by 30 feet, worked for the demo subcontractor, Rachel Contracting, of St. Michael.
From the article:
Work has been halted while the project team “is examining the status of the existing structure to determine its safety,” city officials said in a statement released late Tuesday morning. ...
