Darwin Awards by Northcutt Wendy

Author:Northcutt, Wendy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2010-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

PERSONAL ACCOUNT: LEVELED

1930S OHIO

An article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer describes a most astounding death. A construction worker was busy building a building, when he realized that he needed a three-hundred-pound block suspended above him. But he was the only man on his level, and it normally takes two men to prevent the block from landing too hard on the metal girder. This worker figured it would save time if he just cut the rope and let the block fall forty feet.

The block crashed right through the level he was standing on and killed another fellow below. He leaned over to see if the fellow that the block landed on was okay, and lost his balance. He fell forty feet to the next level, breaking his neck. And so, there was a dead guy underneath the block, and a dead guy on top of it.

Reference: Anonymous personal account and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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