Posted on 11/04/2014 5:37:32 AM PST by Bettyprob
A man delivering drywall to a New Jersey construction site was killed Monday when a tape measure fell 50 stories, striking him on the head, authorities said.
The 1-pound tape measure became dislodged from the belt of a worker on the 50th floor and struck construction equipment about 10 to 15 feet from the ground, according to Carly Baldwin, a spokeswoman for Jersey City's Department of Public Safety. It then ricocheted and struck Gary Anderson, 58, who had just stopped to speak with another worker who was in a pickup truck just before 9 a.m. in the city's downtown section.
Anderson, of Somerdale, N.J., was taken to a hospital, where he died shortly before 10 a.m.
Anderson was not wearing a hard hat, but had one in his truck at the time, according to the police report.
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My first full-time summer job was as an engineering techician at a mine. I didn't like wearing a hard hat, but I did it. One day I was doing some work in one of the surface plants, turned a corner, and smacked my head so hard on a pipe, I was flat on my back before I knew what had happened.
Didn't hurt a bit, though. In fact, I couldn't get up for a couple minutes because I was laughing so hard. Never complained about hard hats again.
Someone using a chipping gun inside a ship is about as loud and noisy as you can get.
Even if you have ear plugs it’s still loud. Without ear plugs it’s like you have your head in a bell and someone is hitting it with a hammer about 60-100 times per minute.
He just wanted to stop the noise.
Anderson was not wearing a hard hat, but had one in his truck at the time,
Didn’t do him much good there.
Yeah, I probably put too much moisturizer on my hands when up there dropping wrenches.
[Kidding]
What happened to the fish?
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