Man Killed By Falling Tape Measure

[Nellie Bly]

Thank you for the contribution, Soar!

I still have not been able to locate a photo of the deceased.

[kellyhound]

another one for the weird unusual deaths statistics

[Sharon]

For a sec I worried it was Gary Anderson the dart player

[Sharon]

Contribution to the thread by Sharon76:

379556_630x354.jpg

[niknik]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles

Is that true since he was only delivering supplies?

He had the hat in his truck so he must have known he was supposed to be wearing it.

I don't know if anything will come of it. But I wouldn't be surprised if the company he works for is fined by osha or some other oversight organization. If osha walks through a work site and sees a employee without a hard hat I know the company can be fined on the spot. Doesn't matter why or what the person is doing.

[253bumper]

thats sum fucked up shit

[bob351]

I doubt a hard hat would have done anything for a 1lb metal measuring tape falling from 50 stories.

[Nellie Bly]

Originally Posted by Sharon76

For a sec I worried it was Gary Anderson the dart player

Thank you for your contribution, Shaz!

Very common name here, just in the state of New Jersey alone!

I thought I found him, but, it was a guy with the same name who died a few years ago in the same area as this man.

[Nellie Bly]

Originally Posted by bob351

I doubt a hard hat would have done anything for a 1lb metal measuring tape falling from 50 stories.

We shall never know.

The tape measure, apparently, ricocheted off something, so he could have gotten it in the eye or below the neck. You just never know.

I just read that an expert determined the tape measure traveled at about 140 m.p.h.!

[JackN]

I heard about this. Random way to go!