UI Employee Killed In Industrial Accident
Friday, April 21 2000
April 21,2000^^CONTACT: Kathy Barnard, University Communications and Marketing, (208) 885-6291, kbarnard@uidaho.edu.^^Joel Crisp of Colfax, a heating-ventilation-air conditioning (HVAC) technician at the University of Idaho, was killed Thursday while doing repair work in the mechanical room of the Gauss-Johnson Engineering Building on the Moscow campus.^^Crisp, a UI employee for the past year, responded to a service call at the newly remodeled building late Thursday afternoon. When he did not return home at the usual time and did not answer his cell phone, his wife contacted university officials who found his body. The Moscow Police Department investigated the incident. It appears Crisp was killed instantly when he became entangled in the HVAC system in the room. Police officials declared the incident an industrial accident.^^"The entire University of Idaho community shares the grief of Joel’s family and friends," said UI President Bob Hoover. "We offer them our condolences and our prayers, and will do everything possible to help them in the difficult days and weeks to come."^^Jerry Wallace, vice president for Finance and Administration, echoed the president’s sentiments. "A tragedy of this nature shakes the entire community," he said. "We are working with Joel’s family and co-workers to provide them with all of the counseling and other resources we have to offer."^^-30- kb 4/21/00 FAC^
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