Notre Dame Bans Hydraulic Lifts After Fatal Accident

Published: March 12, 2011

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame has banned the use of hydraulic lifts after an accident on October 27 that left a student videographer dead. The lifts have been used in the past to film football practices.

The football program will install remote-controlled cameras to film practices, the Chicago Tribune reports. The equipment should be installed by the beginning of spring practice on March 23.

Declan Sullivan, a junior at the university and paid employee of the athletic department, was killed after the hydraulic lift he was on was toppled by 51 mph winds. The lift crashed through a fence and landed on an adjacent street. Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick was criticized after he called the weather that day “unremarkable” despite the fact that Sullivan tweeted prior to his death that he was terrified of the high winds.  

The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident and whether or not labor laws and industry standards were violated by the university.

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