ND reaches settlement in Long Grove student’s death

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Updated: October 30, 2011 1:19AM

The University of Notre Dame has agreed to pay a $42,000 fine and make a substantial contribution to a

memorial to settle a complaint that it committed six safety violations when a Long Grove student videographer died after a hydraulic lift he was atop blew over in a 53-mph wind gust during a football

practice.

The settlement announced Friday also requires Notre Dame to launch a nationwide education program directed at other schools about the hazards of the outdoor use of scissor lifts.

Twenty-year-old Declan Sullivan from Long Grove died in the accident Oct. 27.

The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration originally said it was fining Notre Dame $77,500. The settlement reduces a “knowing” violation to a “serious” violation.

- STM