96 | The "Official Number" of Dead Building the Hoover Dam

Is this a tribute to the 96 workers who died, or those who will die when the dam is demolished?

It is reported in some places that 112 people died building the Hoover Dam, but the Government's official records state that 96 people died.

• Source:  http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/History/essays/fatal.html

This is curious because 96 is a very important number to the Freemasons, and it is also the sum of the name Herbert Hoover, which the Hoover Dam is named after.

• The ranging degrees of Scottish Rite Freemasonry are 31-33
• 31+32+33 = 96
• Herbert = 8+5+9+2+5+9+2 = 40
• Hoover = 8+6+6+22+5+9 = 56
• Herbert Hoover = 40+56 = 96