Rexburg, ID — April 30, 2025, a student was injured as the result of a reported industrial accident at around 11:00 a.m. at BYU-Idaho.
According to initial details about the accident, it took place at the Mark Austin building off Center Street and Sage Street.
Investigators said that students in the machine fabrication shop were moving beams in a storage room when a stack reportedly collapsed. The beams landed on one of the students, causing reportedly serious injuries.
The student was taken to a hospital in reportedly critical condition. No other students were injured. At this time, further information is unavailable.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
I can’t help wondering what procedures are in place (or supposed to be in place) to help prevent this accident. Job sites have all kinds of rules to follow to prevent incidents like this, so does the university operate under similar rules? Was there not an instructor involved here supervising the students? Have there been other incidents at this campus? People may be quick to just write this all off as a sudden accident, but it’s important to be thorough and make sure there weren’t existing issues that made this incident inevitable.
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