Worker killed after
falling from stadium
that will host
England's opening
World Cup game The construction worker fell nearly 35
metres from the roof of the Arena
Amazonas stadium in Manaus after a cable
broke A worker has died after falling from the roof
of the Brazilian football stadium where
England open their World Cup campaign. The construction worker fell nearly 35
metres from the roof of the Arena
Amazonas stadium in Manaus after a cable
broke. It comes weeks after an enormous crane
collapsed and fell onto a £300million
stadium in Sao Paulo - killing two
workers. The worker who died has been named as
22-year-old Marcleudo de Melo Ferreira. Teams are working day and night to
complete the stadium, which is behind
schedule. A statement by football's governing body
FIFA said: "FIFA and the Local Organising
Committee (LOC) learnt of the death of the
worker on Saturday at the Arena Amazonia
site with great sadness. "We would like to send our most sincere
condolences to his family, relatives,
colleagues and friends." Mr Ferreira's death highlighted the safety
concerns surrounding Brazil's ability to host
the 2014 World Cup. He is the fifth worker to
die while building Brazil's 12 World Cup
stadiums. Fatal accidents have occurred in Manaus,
Brasilia and most recently in Sao Paulo,
where two people died on November 27
after a crane collapsed in the arena that is
to host the opening game on June 12. Another worker died while working on
Palmeiras arena in Sao Paulo, but that
stadium will not be used in the World Cup. The tournament will take place in 12
Brazilian cities. The competition - the first to be held in
South America since 1978 - have been
plagued by delays, accidents, cost overruns,
and public anger over government waste
that contributed to massive nationwide
street protests last year. The third death in less than a month again
raised concerns that safety of workers was
being ignored as officials rush to finish their
arenas. Six stadiums are due to be
delivered between now and April, and
several are well behind schedule. FIFA president Sepp Blatter last week
appealed to "God, Allah and whoever" to
ensure the stadiums will be ready in time. Andrade Gutierrez, the Brazilian firm
building the Amazonia stadium, said in a
statement that Ferreira worked for a
company that had been contracted to build
the arena's cover and an internal
investigation of the incident would be conducted. Manaus will host four games, including the
high-profile encounter between former
World Cup winner England and Italy.