Father-of-two Pete Munyan fights for life after being crushed by 10-tonne steal beam in horrific workplace accident
A father of two remains in intensive care after being crushed by a 10-ton steel beam in a horrific workplace accident.
Pete Munyan, 47, was seriously injured on July 1 at the Bluescope Steel plant in Hastings on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
Mr Munyan, who was working the night shift, was stuck for two hours after the crane moving the beam broke.
Special equipment was brought in to remove the beam and Mr Munyan was airlifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Mr Munyan suffered serious, life-changing injuries, including multiple pelvic fractures and two spinal fractures.
He has undergone several surgeries, including an amputation of his left foot.
Mr Munyan’s niece, Deb Baker, said 7News There were no signs of brain injury or damage to his respiratory system.
‘He was unconscious, but when people asked him questions, he nodded and squeezed his hands.’
Pete Munyan, 47, (pictured) was seriously injured when a steel beam attached to a crane fell on him at the Bluescope Steel plant in Hastings on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula on July 1
“So we know he’s out there fighting,” she said.
Mr. Munyan grew up in Rochester, New York and moved to Australia in 2006.
He lives in Dromana, a coastal suburb on the Mornington Peninsula, 57km south of Melbourne’s CBD, with his wife Michelle and two teenage children, Lana and Rhys.
Mrs Baker said his wife and children were “incredibly strong and resilient” following Mr Munyan’s life-changing accident.
She told the Herald Sun her cousin is a real adventurer with a great sense of humor and is a talented American athlete.
“He’s one of the most amazing people you’ll ever meet,” she said.
‘He always goes the extra mile for the people around him.’
The Bluescope Steel plant (pictured) in Hastings on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, where Pete Munyan was seriously injured in a horrific industrial accident on July 1
She said an emergency worker who was at the scene said Pete was “one of the bravest and most resilient people he had ever seen, which is not a surprise to anyone in the family.”
a GoFundMe was established to assist the family with ongoing medical costs and future expenses.
“Pete is one of the good guys: kind, loyal and always the first to help others with his trademark energy and smile,” the GoFundMe page reads.
Mrs Baker said the family was extremely grateful for the support.
“It’s just so heartwarming, out of all the dark things that are happening… to see the goodness in people, that’s a positive thing.”
Worksafe Victoria is investigating the incident.