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Report: Collapsed Ind. fair stage didn't meet code
April 12, 2012
April 12, 2012
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duo Sugarland was to perform.
Fair organizers were not legally required to have the stage inspected because it was a temporary structure, Thornton Tomasetti reported. But company vice president Scott Nacheman told the commission that the metal rigging structure used to support speakers and lighting didn't meet industry safety standards, which would require it to be able to withstand wind gusts of 68 mph.
Gusts reached an estimated 59 mph when the rigging collapsed, he said.
The company determined that parts of the rigging's support system began to give way at gusts of 33 mph and that by the time
duo Sugarland was to perform.
Fair organizers were not legally required to have the stage inspected because it was a temporary structure, Thornton Tomasetti reported. But company vice president Scott Nacheman told the commission that the metal rigging structure used to support speakers and lighting didn't meet industry safety standards, which would require it to be able to withstand wind gusts of 68 mph.
Gusts reached an estimated 59 mph when the rigging collapsed, he said.
The company determined that parts of the rigging's support system began to give way at gusts of 33 mph and that by the time
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