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Report: Man who died at Braves stadium got trapped in cooler installing beer tap invention

On Tuesday, a worker found a body in a beer cooler at SunTrust Park, home of the Atlanta Braves.

On Wednesday, police identified the body as belonging to 48-year-old Todd Keeling of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, a contractor doing work at the stadium and a father of four.

Medical examiners completed an autopsy on Wednesday, but have not reported anything conclusive to the public. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration told the Associated Press that it is also investigating Keeling’s death.

Keeling’s aunt, Fran Kuchta, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Keeling had developed an innovative beer tap system that reduced foam and pour times from 14 to five seconds, a system he filed with the U.