Dive Brief:

• The public now knows that a construction worker who died at a hotel reconstruction project in Madison, Wis, was 40-year-old Robert Lund, but there has been no disclosure as to what he was doing Monday afternoon or where he was on the building when he fell.
• J.H. Findorff & Sons, Inc. said the accident was a fall, and the county medical examiner said injuries from that killed Lund.
• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which has a made it a national priority to reduce injuriesa and deaths from falls, confirmed it is investigating but would not discuss any details of the incident.

Dive Insight:

It may be instructive for contractors in the wake of this incident to learn why Findorff adopted a tight-lipped strategy. If corporate officials will discuss the case, there may be lessons to be learned about public relations and legal decisions made in the wake of Lund's fall.