On June 14, 2008, a 54-year-old employee for the Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation in North Carolina died from injuries sustained in a work accident. The man, a maintenance and operations assistant, is believed to have fallen from a ladder and hit his head in a storeroom.

The man was taken to Carolinas Medical Center where he underwent surgery after his on-the-job accident. He later died.

Source: April Bethea, “Park and Rec employee dies,” Charlotte Observer, June 17, 2008.