Eric Gates Of Myth Busters Dead At 47

dlstewart01 · December 30, 2009

Eric Gares of myth busters is dead at 47.

news. The owner of an electrical company Gateco Electric named Erik Gates/Eric Gates is dead. He fell through the skylight and dies from chest injuries. Erick Gates was walking on the roof of the Xirrus Inc Building at 2101 Corporate Center Drive in Newburry Park when the accident happened.

Excerpt from VCStar.com

“He was a good guy,” Steve DeGennaro, Xirrus Inc.’s co-founder and chief financial officer, said Monday. “He survived cancer, he jumps with parachutes, he base jumps. He’s an active guy who was used to taking precautions. This was a freak accident that shouldn’t have happened.”

Gates fell about 30 feet, said a spokesman for California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, commonly known as Cal/OSHA.

The coroner’s investigation and examination of the body showed it was an accident, Gainer said. However, officials are not sure how Gates fell because the co-worker who was there with him had his back turned to him at the time of the fall.

For Your Information Erik Gates is also a regular of Mythbusters..

Our condolences to Erik Gates.

y2kz71 · December 30, 2009

RIP

I dont recall seeing him on there

lostnfound · December 30, 2009

Thats pretty sad to die from such a freak accident. I guess we never know when our day is.

nootron69 · December 30, 2009

Eric Gares of myth busters is dead at 47.

news. The owner of an electrical company Gateco Electric named Erik Gates/Eric Gates is dead. He fell through the skylight and dies from chest injuries. Erick Gates was walking on the roof of the Xirrus Inc Building at 2101 Corporate Center Drive in Newburry Park when the accident happened.

Excerpt from VCStar.com

"He was a good guy," Steve DeGennaro, Xirrus Inc.'s co-founder and chief financial officer, said Monday. "He survived cancer, he jumps with parachutes, he base jumps. He's an active guy who was used to taking precautions. This was a freak accident that shouldn't have happened."

Gates fell about 30 feet, said a spokesman for California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health, commonly known as Cal/OSHA.

The coroner's investigation and examination of the body showed it was an accident, Gainer said. However, officials are not sure how Gates fell because the co-worker who was there with him had his back turned to him at the time of the fall.

For Your Information Erik Gates is also a regular of Mythbusters..

Our condolences to Erik Gates.

The saddest of news. My deepest, most heartfelt condolences to Mr. Gates family...

takevin · December 31, 2009

Unless he slipped and fell thru the glass, otherwise walking on glass hmmmmmm. and yes he was on Mythbusters, but as a consultant, not a member.

Nytemare · December 31, 2009

My condolences to his family.

Zembonez · December 31, 2009

RIP Eric.

I didn't know who he was on the show... not a watcher.

pennzoil29 · December 31, 2009

Thats pretty sad to die from such a freak accident. I guess we never know when our day is.

I would not call it a freak accident at all. It is the leading cause of deaths on the construction job site.

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/constructi...s/mainpage.html

Those falls hurt like hell. I have six pieces of steel in my back from a fall. My uncle fell 45' off of a scaffold. It didn't kill him, but he was sure messed up for quite some time.