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Last updated on Sunday, April 29, 2018
(BLOOMINGTON) - Work on a $36 million renovation project at Indiana University was canceled following the death of a Bloomington man at the construction site Wednesday afternoon.
The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration is conducting an investigation into the fatal incident. No date has been announced on when work will resume on Swain Hall, located 727 East Third Street.
35-year-old William M. Brown Jr. was hit in the head and chest with a piece of limestone estimated to be about 6 feet long.
A preliminary autopsy conducted Thursday concluded Brown Jr. died from blunt force trauma to the chest. Results of a toxicology report are expected in about three weeks, says Joani Shields, Monroe County coroner.
A crew working on the building's second floor called 911 at 2:52 p.m. Wednesday. Workers had been using equipment to lift and place the large piece of limestone above an interior doorway when the rock fell, striking Brown Jr.
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