Construction equipment sits outside of the University of Iowa Boyd Law Building Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 in Iowa City. Tom Fosdick, 49, of Cedar Rapids died while working on windows inside the building as a private contractor on a construction project on Monday, August 30th. Wisconsin-based Miron Construction is the general contractor on the project, but Fosdick was working for subcontractor Swanson Glass. (Brian Ray/ SourceMedia Group News)
Updated by Brian Ray: According UI spokesman Tom Moore Fosdick’s death occurred in a construction zone on the inside of the Boyd Law Building not on the exterior.
IOWA CITY- The subcontractor employing a Cedar Rapids man who died in a fall at a University of Iowa construction project issued a statement of sympathy on Thursday.
Tom Fosdick, 49, died while working on windows at the University of Iowa Boyd Law Building. The accident happened Monday, August 30th. Fosdick died at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics on Wednesday. He was employed by Swanson Glass of Rochester, Minnesota.
The statement from Kevin Swanson, president of the company, read “ Swanson Glass is deeply saddened by the death of one of our own. Tom Fosdick was a valuable employee and a good friend. We extend our sincere and heartfelt sympathy to his entire family at this tragic time.”
The statement made no mention of specifics of the accident. Fosdick was involved in a window installation when the accident occurred.
Fosdick was remembered by the university earlier this week as a member of the swimming and diving team beginning in 1979.
Jim Voss, a long time swimming coach at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, remembered Fosdick as a fierce competitor in his high school days. Fosdick won All-American status as a prep diver at Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
