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A worker burned in a 2022 explosion during renovation work on the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/midwest/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Wisconsin's</a> Camp Randall Stadium has settled his lawsuit against the project’s general contractor for $22 million, his attorney says.The settlement in Jeremy Rose's lawsuit against JP Cullen &amp; Sons was reached 10 days before the civil trial was scheduled to begin last month in Dane County, attorney Daniel Rottier said Tuesday, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/mississippi-catfish-farms-settle-suit-claiming-immigrants-paid-more-black-workers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MISSISSIPPI CATFISH FARMS SETTLE SUIT CLAIMING IMMIGRANTS WERE PAID MORE THAN BLACK WORKERS</a>Rose was working for Maly Roofing, a subcontractor of JP Cullen &amp; Sons, on April 13, 2022, when a Cullen foreman used a flame torch to dry an area of the floor of an enclosed mechanical room beneath the football stadium as Rose and another Maly worker were applying a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters/fires" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flammable material</a> to the floor.The torch sparked an explosion, and Rose was burned over 70% of his body when he tried to run from the room but stumbled, spilling primer on himself, according to court documents. He has since undergone surgeries and required extensive medical care.Rottier said Cullen failed to follow <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters/fires" target="_blank" rel="noopener">industry safety standards</a> by not requiring that a "hot work" permit be obtained before using the open flame torch. To get a permit, an inspection is required by a supervisor who would look for hazards."For over 50 years the construction industry and insurance companies have recommended the use of hot work permits to increase worker safety," Rottier said in a statement. "There is a cost in human life and dollars in taking shortcuts when it comes to protecting workers."As part of the settlement, Cullen did not admit to any wrongdoing.Cullen Co-President Jeannie Cullen Schultz said in a statement that while the company will not discuss the agreement, "We will say that our No. 1 priority is the health and safety of everyone on our projects."

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title: Worker burned in UW stadium explosion settles suit for $22M
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content: A worker burned in a 2022 explosion during renovation work on the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/midwest/wisconsin"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Wisconsin's</a> Camp Randall Stadium
 has settled his lawsuit against the project’s general contractor for $22 million,
 his attorney says.The settlement in Jeremy Rose's lawsuit against JP Cullen
 &amp; Sons was reached 10 days before the civil trial was scheduled to begin last
 month in Dane County, attorney Daniel Rottier said Tuesday, the Wisconsin State
 Journal reported.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/mississippi-catfish-farms-settle-suit-claiming-immigrants-paid-more-black-workers"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">MISSISSIPPI CATFISH FARMS SETTLE SUIT CLAIMING
 IMMIGRANTS WERE PAID MORE THAN BLACK WORKERS</a>Rose was working
 for Maly Roofing, a subcontractor of JP Cullen &amp; Sons, on April 13, 2022, when
 a Cullen foreman used a flame torch to dry an area of the floor of an enclosed mechanical
 room beneath the football stadium as Rose and another Maly worker were applying
 a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters/fires" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">flammable material</a> to the floor.The torch sparked an explosion,
 and Rose was burned over 70% of his body when he tried to run from the room but
 stumbled, spilling primer on himself, according to court documents. He has since
 undergone surgeries and required extensive medical care.Rottier said Cullen
 failed to follow <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters/fires" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">industry safety standards</a> by not requiring that a "hot work"
 permit be obtained before using the open flame torch. To get a permit, an inspection
 is required by a supervisor who would look for hazards."For over 50 years
 the construction industry and insurance companies have recommended the use of hot
 work permits to increase worker safety," Rottier said in a statement. "There is
 a cost in human life and dollars in taking shortcuts when it comes to protecting
 workers."As part of the settlement, Cullen did not admit to any wrongdoing.Cullen
 Co-President Jeannie Cullen Schultz said in a statement that while the company will
 not discuss the agreement, "We will say that our No. 1 priority is the health and
 safety of everyone on our projects."
summary: Jeremy Rose, who was burned in a 2022 explosion while doing renovation work
 on the University of Wisconsin&apos;s Camp Randall Stadium, has settled a lawsuit
 for $22 million.
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