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We were sent this as a link - it's from DNJ.Com http://www.dnj.com/article/20110113/NEWS01/110113013 A sign worker attempting to take down a Kroger sign was severely injured in a freak accident Thursday afternoon. The Jarvis Sign worker, whose name hasn’t been released, was using a cutting torch and a boom to remove bolts from the Kroger sign at Northfield Boulevard when one of the hot bolts fell and melted through a hydraulic hose on the boom, according to Murfreesboro Assistant Fire Chief Allen Swader. That caused pressurized hydraulic fluid to shoot out of the hose, according to Swader, and into the path of the worker’s torch, in turn setting the worker and the Kroger sign on fire. “The man was on fire and jumped out of the boom, injuring his legs and breaking his ankles in the process,” Swader said. “His back and lower body were severly burned.” The sign, which was almost completely burned, stands more than 20 feet high. The worker’s boom was approximately 18 feet in the air when he jumped out of it. A worker at a nearby dry cleaning business saw the event unfold and called 911, according to Swader. The owner of that dry cleaner, Jim Batcheler, told The DNJ the man was limping after he jumped and even asked how badly he had been burned. “He asked me if his back was burned up,” Batcheler said. “I told him it was, but it could have been a whole lot worse. His back was red and blistered but it wasn’t charred.” The man was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville via ambulance after being treated by emergency workers at the scene. — Mark Bell, 615-278-5153