Tape measure kills construction worker Tragic accident...The construction site in Jersey City where a man delivering sheet rock at the site was killed by a falling tape measure. Picture: AP/The Jersey Journal, Reena Rose Sibayan Source: AP A TAPE measure that fell from the 50th floor of a highrise construction site hit a man below and killed him, authorities have confirmed. The 58-year-old victim, who was delivering materials to the construction site, wasn't wearing his hard hat at the time, having left it in the back of his car, witnesses said. The freak accident occurred as an AJD construction worker was preparing a wall for windows on the 50th floor of one of two partially built residential towers in Jersey City. TRAGIC: Freak umbrella accident kills German teen FREAK ACCIDENT: ELO star Mike Edwards dies in hay bale accident The worker was unfastening the measuring tape clipped to his work belt when it slipped out of his hands, a worker at the scene said. Freak accident...The tape measure fell over 150 metres before striking a piece of metal and then the victim. It fell more than 150 metres before striking a piece of construction metal about 3 metres above ground, officials said. It's estimated the tape measure would have been falling at nearly 225km/h when it hit the piece of metal, City College professor Robert Alfano told The Post. The tool ricocheted off the metal and smashed into victim Gary Anderson, who had been leaning into a car window to talk to someone and had just pulled his head out when he was struck. He immediately fell to the ground and was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center, where he went into cardiac arrest while doctors were treating him, according to the police report. Mr Anderson was pronounced dead from his head injuries at 9:52am local time. His wife and daughters were with him at the hospital. "He was a very good worker," said a co-worker. He's been with us for a long time. A person who picked up the phone at Anderson's home in Somerdale, NJ, only said it was a "difficult time." Workers at the construction site were temporarily cleared out after the accident, but resumed their jobs at the site later in the afternoon. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident, police said. Originally published as Freak accident kills delivery man