Gary Puleio Retrospective 4/13/1948 -- 8/15/2001

Gary Puleio (4/13/1948—8/15/2001) http://garypuleio.blogspot.com was killed at Meadville Redi-Mix Concrete, where he had been employed only 3 months as a non union cement truck driver. He fell 25 feet while shoveling gravel off a hopper at the top of a concrete t tower. The company claimed he “just wandered up there on his own” not wearing any safety equipment at the end of his driving shift rather than being assigned this dangerous task. OSHA accepted this implausible excuse and after admitting NO wrongdoing Redi-Mix paid a $6000 fine for REPEAT violations for not posting signs at a confined space. Redi-Mix had multiple serious violations issued only months before Gary was killed which were informally settled with reduced fines. This video is a tribute to a fine man whose life was brutally taken due to unsafe working conditions, lack of corporate accountability and an inadequate regulatory system