An employee working at a Chaska middle school has died after he fell off a ladder.
A spokesman for the Eastern Carver County School District says 51-year-old Daniel Buesgens was trying to repair a heater in a maintenance room of a domed athletic center when he fell off an 8-foot ladder Monday morning.
Buesgens was working in a room that is not in a public area. He was found by another school employee.
Physical education classes held in the center were canceled Monday as Chaska police and OSHA officials investigated.
The Star Tribune reported that Buesgens had worked for the school district since 2015. He was a building and grounds employee.
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials say a maintenance worker with Eastern Carver County Schools died Monday morning after falling off a ladder while making a repair.
District officials say the incident happened at around 8 a.m. at the Athletic Center. School was in session and students were in the dome, but not until after the incident had happened. The man was in the maintenance room and fell off a ladder.
Officials say nobody, including students, witnessed what happened. Classes at the Athletic Center were canceled for the rest of the day. District officials identified the man as Danny Buesgens. He was a buildings and grounds employee for Eastern Carver County Schools.
Buesgens was hired in 2015 and worked at Chaska High School as a custodian and groundskeeper. He took a position in October of 2016 as a district-wide groundskeeper and attendant at the ice arena. He worked out of Chanhassen High School.
Buesgens was 51 years old. Chaska police are investigating the incident, as are local officials for Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration.