WICHITA, Kan. — A nationally ranked boxer is dead after a Wichita industrial accident in which a 6-ton tank shifted unexpectedly and fell on him while he was sandblasting it.
Nationally ranked boxer killed in Wichita after massive tank shifts, falls onto him at plant
September 24, 2014 at 3:24PM
The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/Y34vNo ) reported that 22-year-old Tony Losey was under a tarp outside Boardman working on the tank when it fell onto him Tuesday afternoon. Wichita police say Losey was a subcontractor at the steel plate fabricator.
Losey also was a well-known amateur boxer who planned to pursue an Olympic spot in 2016. As of July, USA Boxing had ranked Losey third nationally in its 152-pound weight class.
Sgt. John Ryan says it's rare for the tanks, which fall several times a year, to injure workers because most of the time people are able to get out of the way.
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