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The new Dallas Cowboys stadium will cost $1 billion. And, as of Saturday, as least one human life.
Two days after a crane accident sent three men to the hospital, a worker died at the venue after touching a high-voltage power line.
The man has been identified as Timothy Mackinnon, 45, of Arlington, Texas. He reportedly was performing an electrical test when he touched the line.
According to an item on the team’s official web site, the work site will remain closed on Sunday.
June 15th, 2008 at 8:35 am
That makes four construction accidents at the new stadium site since January of ‘07. It makes me wonder if they’re sacrificing safety in favor of speed in getting the stadium open on time.
Not that it’s that significant in light of the death of a worker, but there has to be some doubt as to whether the stadium will open as scheduled. The opening of Miller Field in Milwaukee was delayed a season after a worker died in a crane accident.
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June 15th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Damn, this puts a whole new meaning to the words “They’re dying to get this thing finished”. Bad joke, I know, God Bless this poor guy and his family….
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June 15th, 2008 at 9:22 am
…remain closed on Sunday??! They better shut that thing down ’til they figure out what’s going on there! The injuries (and now death?)are ridiculous. What’s Jones have the fans putting this thing together? That cheap $#@%! Very sad.
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June 15th, 2008 at 9:24 am
That’s really sad.
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June 15th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Damn, I hope they’re using the down-time on safety meetings. R.I.P.
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June 15th, 2008 at 11:42 am
A day before Father’s Day…God Bless
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June 15th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Wow. That stadium will be haunted for many years.
But seriously, that should never happen. Tragic. R.I.P.
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June 15th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Will they use this death as an excuse when they lose in the first round of the playoffs again?
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June 15th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Ol’ leatherface Jerry looks at this as the cost of doing business…”collateral damage”. He will sacrafice as many works as he has to in order to meet his construction deadline. If needed, he has the Dept of Corrections on standby to dispatch a chain gang or two.
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June 15th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Very classy trixstal. Use the tragic death of a family man as a stick to beat Jerry Jones over the head with on Father’s Day.
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June 15th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
okay, when the crane accident occured, i’ll admit, I took a shot at jones that some would call inappropriate. however, I am seriously concerned about the workers on this site as of now. this is a long shot for me to say this, but if ANYONE who reads this site has any contact with the dallas front office, please talk to him and get more safety measures added or something. this is becoming a huge problem and even with a job of this magnitude, this many accidents of this severity shouldn’t be taking place.
R.I.P. Mr. Mackinnon. i’m sure I speak for everyone when I say happy fathers day, and our hearts go out to you and your family.
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June 15th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
As a guy who has extensive experience in the Construction business, electrical accidents happen primarily due to personal error carelessness.
Furthermore there are injuries everyday at construction sites, just as on the Football field. Safety precautions are in place to minimize the occurence.
The death of this guy may have been entirely his fault. It happens in that line of business.
All the best to his Family.
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June 15th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Hard to believe some people would read a story like this and react by making tasteless jokes or disparaging remarks about Jerry Jones (or anyone else, for that matter). Can’t get much lower than that.
Mackinnon worked for JMEG Electric, a subcontractor which was hired by the stadium’s general contractor, Manhattan Construction, so one would assume he was qualified to do his job, and that Jones was not directly involved in his hiring.
Trying to make a joke of this only puts ignorance on display for all to see.
R.I.P., Timothy Mackinnon. Our hearts go out to your family.
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June 15th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Wow, that is sad. No event or season is worth the loss of a human life. If this could have been prevented, shame on them.
My condolences to the families.
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June 15th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Sad news. I’ll say a prayer for the family as well as everyone else who continues to work on the stadium.
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June 15th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
say jdlaroo, what’s it like to be from a second rate country that desperately wishes it were the USA? You and the rest of the Canuck Surrenderbunnies should concern yourselves with continuing to curtsy properly to the queen of England.
brusta2002 at least you acknowledge that they’ll make the playoffs. Can’t say the same for your favorite team, eh?
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June 15th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Jolly is correct.
As someone who works in commercial constructions, accidents happen on job sites all the time. They only get publicized when someone dies, or it’s a major stadium project. Electricians only are injured when they personally take a short cut or personal error.
That’s not to take the death of anyone working less seriously, but the idiots on here blaming Jerry Jones shouldn’t be allowed to breed. I promise you J.J. had no idea what the guy was doing, or why he was doing it.
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June 15th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Hey Vulva Verita…..I am from the USA but I’ll pass along your sentiments to the people up here. I’m sure if given a choice they’d rather be canucks curtsying to a queen than bending over for Jerry Jones.
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June 15th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Hey Vulv veritas…I’m not sure what’d be like being from a second rate country as I’m from the USA. As for the people up here, I’m
sure they’d rather curtsy to a queen than be a leatherface honk and bend over for Jerry Jones.
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June 15th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Pft (Mike Florio), in another attempt to make the Cowboys organization look bad, you had to stoop low and make it seem as they are building this stadium even if it costs a life. You say in the first few sentences, “The new Dallas Cowboys stadium will cost $1 billion. And, as of Saturday, as least one human life.” It almost sounds as if you are a HATER!!!!
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June 15th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
vox, what do you know about class!
vox says june 12th 2008 10:26 am
DarthPirate, why dont you start pimping you daughter for crack rock.
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June 15th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
wow, fr the two guys who mention “conctruction accidents happen all the time”- i dont know what company you work for or what job sites you work on. but accidents do not happen “all the time”. yes accident do happen, some small and ome very tragic, like this one. my opinion on this matter is that the contractor needs to thoroughly revisit it’s site safety plan and spend some time on saftey awareness for its laborers. these kinds of accidents should NEVER happen. we all go to our jobs everyday and look to perform certain task in a timely manor. in the construction buisness it is especially dangerous when safety is neglected, and 95% of the time it is to do just that, get done faster. this is an issue that hits home for me and i am incredibly sadened to hear that such events are occuring where obviously there is plenty of money for training and to take time and do things right. thoughts and prayers go out to the family of this man and to the rest of the workers who will try to earn their paycheck at this stadium.
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June 15th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Gentleman…I assume? Please take the time to choose your words before you display them and reveal yourself as a fool. Realize that Karma in some form or fashion does exist and have some class. Accidents happen, and if you make jokes about the unfortunate you are probably just missing something in your life anyway! Grow up.
Please remember blue collar workers who put their life in danger for our leisure, and never ever forget that without our nation’s armed forces we would not have the freedom to as we please. Many fathers are serving in places that cowards would never tread….take a minute to remember them on this holiday.
Semper Fi
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June 15th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Safety First:
Your fired before you hit the ground.
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June 16th, 2008 at 2:48 am
jyernberg,
I am a subcontractor who works for about 25 different contractors, and can tell you that you are correct in saying they need to review their safety plans. I can also tell you work or have worked for a quality contractor.
I would say half the contractors I’ve worked with follow the proper safety procedures. I have seen a lot of accidents, but I also visit at least 100 different sites a year. I’ll also say this, I have seen the worst amount of safe protocol violations when crews are working a weekend shift. The attitude of the workers tends to be a bit more lax.
While I wouldn’t presume that was the case here, obviously some safety guideline wasn’t done properly. I can think off the top of my head of 6 different construction deaths in my area in the last year, none were on a sports stadium, most were blurbs in the paper.
Construction should not be dangerous, and if all companies followed the guidelines you discussed, it wouldn’t be.
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