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Accident: 200713980 - Employer Is Killed While Erecting Billboard
Accident: 200713980 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 09/10/2010 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 314275215 | 09/10/2010 | 1791 | Ralph Surles Company | ||||
| At approximately 9:28 a.m. on September 10, 2010, Employee #1, the owner of Ralph Surles Company, was erecting a steel double billboard. The two signs were on the ground in an upright position. Each sign measured 13 ft tall, 30 ft long, and 1 ft 10 in. to 2 ft 2 in. deep. One sign had a catwalk on which Employee #1 and his employee were working. The sign with the catwalk toppled onto the adjacent sign, pinning both workers. A third worker, who did not witness the accident, summoned emergency responders to extricate both workers. Employee #1 was killed. The other employee was airlifted to a hospital in Fort Worth for unspecified injuries. Windy weather conditions and the weight of the two workers may have contributed to the incident. | |||||||
Keywords:
high wind, installing, collapse, unsecured, pinned, overloaded, crushed, advertising sign, unstable position
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Other building | New project or new addition | Under $50,000 | 1 | X | |||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 314275215 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Caught in stationary equipment |
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