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Labor Dept. investigates Salim death

OSHA looks into lapses that may have contributed to death of drama student at Yale Rep

Staff Reporter
Published Tuesday, November 27, 2007

An Occupational Safety and Health Administration report to be released next month will name several safety lapses that may have contributed to the death of a Yale School of Drama student in an accident at the Yale Repertory Theatre last week, an OSHA official said Monday. The pending report has prompted questions about the University’s culpability in the student’s death.

Pierre-André Salim DRA ’09, of Jakarta, Indonesia, was crushed under the weight of several dozen sheets of particleboard on Nov. 18 while helping to unload materials from the back of a truck for a Yale Rep...

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