ARLINGTON (CBSDFW) -The death of a fan has led to safety changes at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Nearly two weeks ago, Brownwood firefighter Shannon Stone fell 20 feet from the left field bleachers to his death reaching for a souvenir baseball thrown by outfielder Josh Hamilton.

The biggest change is still in the design process.

The club announced Tuesday – 10 days after Stone's death – it will raise the rails in all seating areas of the Ballpark.

Stone was the second fan to fall over the rail in just more than a year.

"Certainly we did review all the rail heights last year," said Rob Matwick, the Executive Vice President of Ballpark and Event Operations. "Obviously with two events in the course of basically a year we felt like we needed to take a different step at this time."

Currently, the rails are either 30 or 34 inches high in front of all the seating areas. On the aisles, and at the Homerun Porch, the rails are 42 inches. The team's owners decided to raise all the rails to 42 inches.

Federal and MLB safety codes require rails to be at least 26 inches high.

Matwick knew of no other ballpark in the nation where all rails are 42 inches high.

"Part of the goal is not only to raise it, but raise it to the highest standard that exists in the United States at this time," he said.

Fans will notice some changes as early as Friday, when the Rangers take on the Toronto Blue Jays.

Yellow tape now marks the rails warning fans against leaning, sitting or standing against them.

An announcement will also be made prior to each game, and additional security staff will help enforce safety guidelines.

Some fans think the added safety measures are a good idea and will prevent another fatal fall in the future.

"It will help," said Jesse Reyes. "It will make everyone aware of it and try and prevent it from happening again."

But others believe nothing can stop accidents from happening.

"Really it's not going to matter at all," said Travis Row, "I mean, you can make it as tall as you want it's up to the fan. Some of these crazy people after they do a little drinking they're going to do whatever they want."

The Rangers hope to start working on the rails by the end of the regular season, but Matwick said it all depends on how long the engineering and code studies take.