OKLAHOMA CITY -- State officials are reconsidering how they regulate crane safety after a fatal collapse on Thursday.

A crane collapsed onto a car, killing a man inside, at a church under construction in southwest Oklahoma City, near Southwest 134th Street at Interstate 44.

Eyewitness News 5's Amanda Guerra reported the collapse killed Rex Stafford's 79-year-old father, Winfred.

"There's no real place for anger. We know it was an accident," Rex Stafford said. "He'd say, 'You know, this was a freak accident.'"

Winfred Stafford was sitting in his car watching crews put the finishing touch -- a steeple -- on his church.

"He got up early and wanted to be there to see that steeple go up. He wanted a ringside seat to see what was going on," Rex Stafford said.

State Rules Under Review

It turns out, Oklahoma has no state regulation regarding crane safety. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration oversees crane safety.

It's up to individual companies to ensure cranes are working and the operators are trained, Guerra reported.

Lloyd Fields, commissioner of the state's Department of Labor, said Oklahoma is now considering state regulation.

"Maybe that would prevent some type of injury -- accident or fatal -- as we experienced in the last year in different places all over the nation," Fields said.

"Even though we're really sad about the accident, we know where Dad is and we know how to get there," Rex Stafford said.

Fields said he wants to have a list of ideas ready to present to the state Legislature by January.