Builder of Cowboys’ collapsed training facility had 3 other buildings fall in heavy weather

Records show problems for Cowboys facility builder

DALLAS — Court records show the company that built the Dallas Cowboys’ collapsed training facility also manufactured at least three other buildings that have fallen in heavy weather since 2002.

The other tentlike facilities manufactured by Allentown, Pa.-based Summit Structures LLC or its related company, Cover-All Building Systems, were warehouse-type buildings in Philadelphia and upstate New York and an indoor arena for horse competition in Oregon. All the buildings fell in weather conditions that included heavy snow, according to records and interviews.

A Summit spokeswoman didn’t immediately return a call or email seeking comment Wednesday.

The collapse of the Cowboys’ facility in heavy winds Saturday left 12 people injured, including a 33-year-old team staff member who is paralyzed from the waist down. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into the incident.

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IRVING, Texas (AP) — A Dallas Cowboys assistant athletic trainer who sustained a broken leg in the collapse of the team’s practice facility has been released from the hospital.

Greg Gaither was released from Baylor University Medical Center on Wednesday, the team said.

Gaither was one of a dozen people injured Saturday when the team’s tent-like structure collapsed during a severe storm. Gaither underwent surgery Saturday night to repair a fracture in the tibia and fibula of his right leg.

Two Cowboys staffers remain at Parkland Hospital. Rich Behm, a scouting assistant, was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed, and new special teams coach Joe DeCamillis had surgery Monday to repair vertebrae in his back.