Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on January 3, 1989, Employees #1 and #2 were replacing sign facings on an outdoor display billboard at a height of about 50 ft. The display was a flag type structure, projecting nearly 50 ft horizontally from a column attached at one end of the flag. The structure was held up by two sets of bolts, some 3 ft apart, six in direct tension, and six at the fulcrum. Two of the bolts in tension had broken earlier, and the other four broke while the employees were on the sign structure. The cantilevered sign swung to a near vertical position. Employees #1 and #2 were thrown from the sign as it fell. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 required hospitalization.