That's a Wrap! Falling construction worker saved by bubble wrap

[onedef92]

Falling construction worker saved by bubble wrap
Man falls 30 feet from Boston building

Published 2:05 PM EST Feb 04, 2013

Bubble wrap saves falling construction worker

BOSTON —A construction worker was saved from serious injury or worse Monday morning when he fell 30 feet off a building, but landed on bubble wrap, a spokesman for the Boston Fire Department said.

The 38-year-old worker fell from the building at 1959 Commonwealth Ave., which is under construction with scaffolding wrapped in bubble wrap. The worker fell into a pile of the wrap on the ground.

Boston firefighters said the man was stuck and needed to be cut from the bubble wrap.

The man, who was not identified, suffered back and shoulder injuries and required hospital treatment.

[Ms.Gem]

Yeah that is one lucky s.o.b.

[DAB]

Pop goes the weasel!!

[onedef92]

Wow, he's got one devil of a worker's comp payout coming, huh? I'll bet that fall scared the stool outta' him, too.

[Jobaka]

Originally Posted by onedef92

Wow, he's got one devil of a worker's comp payout coming, huh? I'll bet that fall scared the stool outta' him, too.

True, but it made a really cool sound when he landed.

[onedef92]

Originally Posted by Jobaka

True, but it made a really cool sound when he landed.

Wonder if the water content in his body caused him to bounce when he hit? I know a cop who watched a man jump from a high-rise building once and he said dude bounced like a basketball on impact, THEN splattered when he hit the ground after rebounding on the sidewalk.

[Jobaka]

Originally Posted by onedef92

Wonder if the water content in his body caused him to bounce when he hit? I know a cop who watched a man jump from a high-rise building once and he said dude bounced like a basketball on impact, THEN splattered when he hit the ground after rebounding on the sidewalk.

We had a customer that witnessed a jumper. He said the guy hit the sidewalk and bounced about six feet in the air. I never would have expected that to happen. With a little luck, I'll never have to see it for myself.

[onedef92]

Originally Posted by Jobaka

We had a customer that witnessed a jumper. He said the guy hit the sidewalk and bounced about six feet in the air. I never would have expected that to happen. With a little luck, I'll never have to see it for myself.

Several witnesses reported similarly eerie accounts of the WTC jumpers on 9/11, too. They were coming from approx. 1,362 ft. so the phyics/gravitational forces involved had to be incredible.