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Chair falls through floor; student injured

    Area of floor where chair leg fell threw, causing Ricardo Perez to fall and become injured.
    Photo by Sue Ruggles
    Area of floor where chair leg fell threw, causing Ricardo Perez to fall and become injured.

    The leg of a student’s chair plunged through a cement floor at the Downtown Milwaukee
    Campus, in the C Building late Thursday night according to an e-mail by Marie McFaul.McFaul is an instructor, and was teaching a math class in Room C252 on Thursday,
    September 11, when the leg of Ricardo Perez’s chair fell through, causing him “to fall from his chair and hit the floor with (a) hard impact,” McFaul said in the e-mail.

    McFaul stated in the e-mail that Perez said he was embarrassed and stunned, but that he
    wasn’t badly injured. However, McFaul stated, that within minutes, Perez “complained of his left shoulder and neck area hurting.”

    McFaul stated that she moved her class to Room C257, and wants to keep teaching there
    because “I am concerned, now, with the integrity of the floor in Room C252.” She stated, “There appeared to be no sub-flooring through the hole.” She added that the students were concerned for their safety, too.

    McFaul said she intends to file a report with Public Safety. However, at this time the
    accident is under investigation by Public Safety, and they have no comment.

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