Nov. 3, 2014: This photo shows a construction site in Jersey City, N.J., where a man delivering sheet rock at the site was killed when a tape measure fell 50 stories and struck him in the head.

A construction worker 50 stories in the air at one of the largest development projects in Jersey City accidentally knocked a tape measure off his belt. It became a lethal missile, plunging 50 ...

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One Jersey City construction worker died in a Final Destination-like way today after being struck in the head by a falling tape measure. Reawakening the very real fear of being impaled by a ...

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A New Jersey worker died of injuries he suffered when he was hit by a tape measure that fell 50 stories at a construction site. Gary Anderson, 58, of Somerdale, New Jersey, had just arrived to ...

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A tape measure is the single most-used tool on a jobsite, and I’ve been using one on a daily basis for over 20 years. I spent 10 years in construction as a carpenter, foreman, ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Authorities say a man delivering sheet rock at a construction site was killed when a tape measure fell 50 stories and hit him on the head.

The 1-pound tape measure dislodged from the belt of a worker on the 50th floor. On the ground, Gary Anderson, 58, who had just stopped to speak with another worker, was fatally struck in the head ...