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Another construction site worker killed in Iowa

Posted on Jul 07, 2010

The cause of the worker's injury is described as getting hit in the head by a brace supporting a concrete cast. Construction site work is dangerous work. Hard hats, steel toed boots, safety harnesses and your head on a swivel are all required. During the summer between my first and second year of law school I worked construction as a carpenter on a concrete construction crew erecting grain drying storage facilities in central and then northeast Iowa. Hard work, but very rewarding; it paid enough to keep me in beer and hotdogs for the summer. I have some idea of what they may be referring to. But did he hit the brace or did the brace strike his head? That's the first question. Why, is the next question? And the third is what if anything went wrong that allowed this accident to kill a man? Answer those questions and you're on your way to understanding if there is a third-party case. The workers' compensation case seems pretty straightforward.

Is this statement accurate?

"The school district's superintendent, Jere Vyverberg says the accident happened Thursday. Reisner was injured when a brace supporting a concrete cast hit him in the head."

That doesn't tell us a whole lot. A better description would help us understand the place, time and circumstances that may lead us to know why the accident happened. Were there subcontractors on the site? If so who are they and who do they work for?

The site is the Waverly-Shell Rock middle school building. The worker was 51-years-old.

Worker Hurt In School Construction Dies - ...the new Waverly-Shell Rock middle school has died.The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier is reporting that 51-year-old Larry L. Reisner, of Oelwein, died Saturda...from Iowa News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com - 3:12 PM (6 hours ago)

Worker Hurt In School Construction Dies - ...the new Waverly-Shell Rock middle school has died. from KCCI.com - Local News - 12:37 PM (8 hours ago)

Worker hurt in Waverly school construction dies - ...WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) - A construction worker injured at the site of the new Waverly-Shell Rock middle school has died. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier is reporting that 51-year-old Larry L. Reisner, o... from Iowa News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com - 12:12 PM (9 hours ago)

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