SAO PAULO -- A worker at a World Cup stadium in Brazil died on Thursday
in an electrical accident, temporarily interrupting construction at one
of the more delayed venues only five weeks before the tournament.
Rosenil
Moraes, head of emergency services in the western state of Mato Grosso,
said the construction worker received an electric shock at the site of
Arena Pantanal in the wetlands city of Cuiaba. He died more than half an
hour later of a cardiorespiratory arrest.
The man is the eighth worker to die in accidents during the
construction of stadiums for the World Cup, which begins on June 12. His
death comes at a worrisome time as organisers rush to finish the last
three stadiums.
Moraes said paramedics tried to revive 32-year-old Muhammad Ali
Maciel at the stadium, which is still missing seats because of delivery
delays. Maciel was working for a company called Etel Engenharia that is
setting up the information and communication networks at the stadium.
World Cup organisers in Brazil could not be reached for immediate comment.
Moraes said the company is carrying out an investigation into what
went wrong. She said the worker appeared to be using safety equipment
when he suffered the electric shock.
It is the latest accident to tarnish the World Cup preparations.
In 2012, a worker died at the construction site of the stadium in the
nation's capital, Brasilia. Three workers have died in the Itaquerao
stadium in Sao Paulo in two separate accidents, and three have been
killed from injuries suffered at the Arena da Amazonia in the jungle
city of Manaus, including a 55-year-old Portuguese man who was trying to
disassemble a crane when part of the machine hit his head.
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