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Originally Posted by panderson2414
painter213, I climb and hang all the time. Did you forget the times when you were a contractor. This is off point but what the f snow in october. I think you have spent the last twenty years so far away from the actual work you may have forgot the sore shoulders and fingers. You may not have to grab a hose everyday. I do I made it. You made it bigger. You have not been told this for a long time but pull your head out your ass. I got to make so does Blastserve, I think you have done this kind of stuff, if you did not then you are only another guy who went to school. So here is me throwing a huge finger in your face. Show me yourself and your proof. You are the last to reply and Mandan PA
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Friday, October 9, 2009
Worker Dies from Fall at Bridge Site
An abrasive blaster at a bridge job near Pittsburgh, PA, fell to his death after one side of the swing scaffold he was working from broke, according to Frank Librich, assistant area director for the Pittsburgh Area Office of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA).
Michael L’Hereaux, 54, of Oberlin, OH, was working on the McKees Rocks Bridge on October 1 when the accident occurred, according to Dr. Edward Strimlan, chief forensic investigator for the Allegheny County (PA) Medical Examiner’s office. The accident occurred at approximately 2:15 p.m., Dr. Strimlan said, and Mr. L’Hereaux was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:22 p.m.
Mr. L’Hereaux fell approximately 125 feet to the ground, according to Mr. Librich. No one else on the site was injured. OSHA is investigating the accident and has up to six months to complete its investigation, he said. OSHA does not release details of an investigation before it is complete, he added.
Mr. L’Hereaux had been working for Odyssey Contracting Corp. (Houston, PA) on the $6.8 million rehabilitation project for the McKees Rocks Bridge, according to James B Struzzi II, communications officer for Engineering District 11 of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
According to Odyssey owner, Mr. L’Hereaux, who had been on the job for Odyssey for a month, was not a permanent employee of the company but had approximately 30 years of experience in the painting industry.
It does not matter how long you have been on the job or the experiance that you have. One mistake can take your life away real fast. If this man had of been properly anchored off, then he would be at home with his family today. But now he is six feet under and no telling what his family is going thru. No one to work and keep the bills going. No Husband or Father to talk to anymore. We ALL are suppose to work safe and go home in the same condition as we was when we arrived on site.
I may not pick up a blast hose or spray gun like I used to Paul, but it has not been 20 years since I have done it either. I get my fair share in each year when I can. I can out blast and spray a lot of them out there today and I'm not afraid to say it or do it. But I will do it safely as well. Taking unsafe chances on the job is just not worth it. If you don't want to see your family again then fine, but the next time your reaching out there and not tied off to a proper anchor point, just think about your boy's being raised by another father and see how that changes things Paul.
I have done my fair share of unsafe acts on the work place, but I grew up a long time ago and seen that it is not worth the risk. Had a good friend to fall from a water tower over 100' and he was up there with a safety harness on, and for some reason he unhooked to do a simple task and slipped on the wet paint and over he went and hit the ground and was killed. He was 21 years old and had a soon to be wife and a baby on the way. Never got a chance to enjoy having a kid and the kid is growing up without a Father. He is calling someone else Daddy now. Is that few extra minutes really worth it????????????
You want to see my face? I will show you who I am Paul. Take a Look.
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