In early November of 2011, a 58-year-old man was killed at work when a tape measure fell 50 stories and hit him on the head while he was delivering sheet rock at a New Jersey construction site.
According to the Courier-Post, the Somerdale, New Jersey man was listed on the police report as working for a Charlotte, North Carolina-based company, National Gypsum, at the time of the incident. The tape measure that hit the man weighed 1 pound, according to a spokesperson for the Jersey City Department of Public Safety.
The tape measure fell after it was knocked off the belt of a worker on the 50th floor of a building on the construction site. After leaving the worker’s belt, the tape measure hit some construction equipment around 10 to 15 feet above the ground, which caused it to ricochet and hit the Somerdale man.
The 58-year-old worker was taken to the hospital following the incident, where he died later that day. Although he was listed as working for National Gypsum on the police report, the company said he was only delivering one of its products and actually worked for an independent trucking company.
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Source: Courier Post – Somerdale man killed by falling tape measure
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