Hugh Shiring Jr. Lived and Died Doing the Tough Work He Loved
Some people leave a big hole in the world when they depart. Those who knew Hubert C. Shiring Jr., 60, still are measuring the void created by the contractor supervisor's death last October in a jobsite accident in Georgia.
Shiring was supervising a crew of three at a bridge project near Millen, Ga. A clamshell bucket had been placed on wood mats on shore and remained there for 40 minutes while he worked alone to replace the pin. Inexplicably, the bucket overturned and pinned Shiring, who died at the scene. No one in Shiring's crew witnessed the accident. Federal safety officials say they are investigating, as is Shiring's employer, TIC-The Industrial Co., Steamboat Springs, Colo.