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Accident: 200641009 - Employee Killed When Knocked Off Billboard Catwalk
Accident: 200641009 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 02/05/1999 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 302381603 | 02/09/1999 | 7312 | Tyler Outdoor Advertising | ||||
| At 1:30 p.m. on February 5, 1999, Employee #1 was part of a four-man crew installing a new vinyl canvas advertisement on a existing billboard. They were on the top catwalk, at a height of approximately 30 ft, preparing to unfold the new canvas down the front of the southside billboard when a gust of wind caught the canvas as it was unfurled and tossed it back onto the crew. Employee #1 was knocked off balance by the canvas and fell through the billboard's metal structures to the ground. He was killed. The crew members were wearing harnesses with lanyards, but only one coworker was tied off. | |||||||
Keywords:
high wind, installing, work rules, catwalk, fall, struck by, advertising sign, lost balance, tie-off
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| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
| 1 | 302381603 | Fatality | Cut/Laceration | Occupation not reported | |||