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Notre Dame death probe report to be released

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana has found that the University of Notre Dame did not maintain safe working conditions when a student died as he filmed football practice from a hydraulic lift that toppled in extreme high winds.

Indiana Department of Labor Commissioner Lori Torres said today the school will be fined $77,500 for five violations, including failing to properly train the student videographer and failing to have the lift inspected on a regular basis. Torres says the lift was missing the appropriate warnings and a service manual.

Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old junior film student, died Oct. 27 when the hydraulic lift fell over in wind gusts as high as 51 mph.

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