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Scaffolding Accident at M & I Building Downtown


The big news downtown today was about three workers that fell from scaffolding on the M & I building downtown. You can read about the event on the IndyChannel website.

The workers were on scaffolding on the south side of the M&I Bank building at Ohio at Pennsylvania streets when the scaffolding malfunctioned, sending them plummeting to between the 12th and 14th floors of the 28-story building, Indianapolis fire Capt. Gregg Harris said.

The power of digital cameras and the Internet allows us to see photos up-close and personal that you won’t be seeing on the news.

Check-out the photos Stephen James has shared on his flickr account that were taken by Joe Black. Stephen works on the 7th floor of the building, the accident occurred on the 12th floor.

One Response for "Scaffolding Accident at M & I Building Downtown"

  1. Tim Kern

    November 22nd, 2008 at 11:16 pm

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    Your expert said that DC current in the LED light strings has “less shock potential” or words to that effect. Not so! DC is considerably more dangerous than AC, other things equal.

    However, LEDs run on much lower current and at about 1/10 the voltage of typical incandescent lights (about 12VDC in the LEDs vs 110VAC for the incandescents).

    I hope you can edit out the last few seconds of his explanation, lest his words lead to misunderstanding.
    Tim Kern 863-651-6095. Anderson


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