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November 24, 2014

Tape measure falls 400 ft., hits and kills worker

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This is why all workers at construction sites must wear hard hats.

A tape measure slipped off the belt of a construction worker at the top of a tower, hit a piece of metal equipment on the way down, and then struck another worker on the head, knocking him unconscious. The worker was taken to a hospital where he died a short time later.

The man who died, Gary Anderson, had arrived at the construction site in Jersey City, NJ, to deliver some wallboard. He had just parked his truck and stepped out of the vehicle when the tape measure, which had fallen 400 feet, struck him. Anderson wasn’t wearing a hard hat.

The company working at the site, AJD Construction, told investigators its policy was that all people on the property wear hard hats and that it wasn’t clear why Anderson didn’t have one on.

The tape measure weighed one pound.

Another construction worker was quoted as saying:

“A tape measure is like a gun at a construction site. Like a police officer, you don’t pull it out unless you’re going to use it.”

The science of falling objects

True or false: A penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building would kill someone if it struck them in the head.

According to Scientific American, it wouldn’t kill you and wouldn’t seriously injure you either.

According to the publication, a penny is too small and flat to become a dangerous projectile.

Read Full Article At Safetynewsalert.com

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