A 24-year-old Wangaratta man was hit by concrete as he cleaned out a concrete pump hose. December 1st.

I hope to get more info on this soon. Very sad. Be safe.

I heard he was hit in the head, I dont know if it was a double ended hose or not but i would like to know. Very sad.

i can't even picture a scenario where this is possible

Is that another one in the Melbourne area ? You mentioned a similar accident in that area three weeks ago.

Nope this is a new one. It just happened yesterday.

I can't find much on the internet about the accident except the young guy was hit in the head by a hose .

if you go to bordermail.com.au you will find some more on it.

Yep Melbourne, where concrete pump numbers are on par with Melbourne taxi fleet. So sad another avoidable loss

Tributes for friend with ‘heart of gold’
VICTORIA MACDONALD
03 Dec, 2009 01:00 AM
GRIEF-stricken friends and loved ones have posted tributes to Barnawartha Football Club player Simon Laracy online.

The 24-year-old, nicknamed “Lara” by friends on social networking site Facebook, was killed in a workplace accident near Rutherglen on Tuesday.

Comments began flooding Mr Laracy’s personal Facebook wall and a page created by a friend — titled “In Memory Of Simon Laracy — Rest In Peace!” — hours after his death.

“All I can see is your infectious smile. When ever you walked into a room, you brightened it up ... A beautiful person, Taken way too soon. RIP Lara,” a friend wrote.

“RIP Simon you will be missed by all, I was lucky to have known such a kind-hearted person. My thoughts and prays for your family and loved ones,” another woman wrote.

“Barnawartha will miss him!” wrote a third.

Others referred to Mr Laracy’s “heart of gold”.

As friends offered their condolences to the Laracy family, it’s understood the parents of Mr Laracy’s girlfriend travelled to Geelong, where she’d been working, to collect her.

Mr Laracy died at Wangaratta Base Hospital after being struck in the head by an attachment on a concrete pump hose.

WorkSafe Victoria spokesman Michael Birt said the impact of his death, which was under investigation by the safety watchdog, served as a lesson.

“You’ve got to understand what the hazards are associated with (a piece of machinery) and understand that when things do go wrong, that they can happen very quickly and unexpectedly,” Mr Birt said.

“That’s always the lesson out of these things: the way you try and remember these people is to try and not get into that situation yourself.”

Mr Birt said in recent weeks, a Melbourne accident similar to Mr Laracy’s had left a man injured after a piece of concrete flew out of a hose and struck him.

That man had since recovered but Mr Birt said Mr Laracy’s death showed how serious such hazards could be.

“Often people know that there’s a danger there but it hasn’t actually hurt anyone ... so it just gets written off as ‘gee, that was close’,” he said.

“But the thing that misses you or just nearly gets you is the thing that will kill you in ever-so-slightly different circumstances.”

WorkSafe Victoria and police are investigating the death, which is believed to have occurred when air blown through the hose to clean it after a pour hit a blockage, forcing the hose to fly up and strike Mr Laracy.

Here is his picture, Simon Laracy dies from using air to blow out concrete from the hose, from what everyone is saying there was metal at the end of the hose.

Think about it guys. Please.

Here is the facebook link for Simon Laracy.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/In-Memory-Of-Simon-Laracy-Rest-In-Peace/189025910846?ref=search&sid=584173691.2236874904..1&v=wall

I wish this guy was a member of this web site. He was not a member, 22 years old, this is so sad.

Todd you should visit Australia for a safety seminar. Around 2/5 pumps we see work using a double ended hose, 1/5 using Brake bends on their hoses. 4 pumping accidents in as many months in Victoria alone - publicised (how many weren't!), 2 deaths too many (one a family man, another still a pup). It's ridiculous and unacceptable. All we will see is liability premiums go through the roof over the next 3 years now. 

You know I would love to do just that. Maybe someday when I can afford to do it.

My heart felt sympathy to the friends and family of this young man. What we do is very dangerous and it shows on a daily basis. No one deserves to have there life taken from them like this at anytime or any age. Stay safe ladies and gentlemen and god bless!!!