WORK SUSPENDED ON BRAZIL WORLD CUP STADIUM.

The Brazilian government halted work on two temporary
tribunes for Sao Paulo’s World Cup stadium after the death of
another construction worker, media reports said.
A new inspection of the Corinthians club stadium to be used for the
World Cup opening match between Brazil and Croatia on June 12
was to be carried out Tuesday.

The worker died Saturday after an eight metre (26 feet) fall.
Three workers have now been killed during the Sao Paulo
construction and seven in World Cup work across Brazil.
The man who died Saturday may not
have been wearing safety equipment. His employers have denied
this.
The regional labour department ordered construction work halted
on the two temporary tribunes until the company carrying out the
work installs safety nets.
The two tribunes have a capacity of 20,000 people and the
Brazilian organisers are racing to get the stadium ready on time.
Fast Engenharia, the company carrying out the construction, said
in a statement to the G1 news website it would carry out a
technical inspection Tuesday before making any comment on the
impact of the latest accident.
FIFA has already extended the deadline once for Sao Paulo. It is
now scheduled for delivery in mid-April, though organisers admit
the work will not be completely finished.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said last Thursday that the stadium
would be ready for the opening match.
In November, two workers were killed at the Corinthians stadium
when a crane fell.
Brazilian authorities are also wrangling over who will pay an
estimated 26 million dollars for temporary tribunes in World Cup
stadiums.