Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14479620 - Employee falls from boatswain's chair

Accident Summary Nr: 14479620 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 05/27/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119595130	05/27/1994	7349	0	Extra Clean, Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1, of Extra Clean, Inc., a window cleaning company, was cleaning a third story window. He was positioning himself on a two foot ledge from a boatswain's chair with a Sky Genie descent control device (manufactured by Descent Control Inc., of Fort Smith, AR) and a lifeline, which was affixed, with the chair support ropes, by a knot to the leg of an air conditioning unit on the roof. The employee fell more than 24 ft from the ledge to the ground. Employee #1 sustained bruises and contusions. The manual descent control device requires the constant application of pressure to control the speed of the descent. The fall eliminated the pressure on the control device, causing a rapid descent. Employee #1 was wearing a lower body harness and a locking device for the attached lifeline. The lifeline appeared to have broken.

Keywords: WINDOW WASHER, BOSUN CHAIR, LIFELINE, CLEANING, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119595130			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers

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