Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201635505 - Employee Is Killed When He Falls from a Balcony

Accident Summary Nr: 201635505 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 10/19/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309277697	10/19/2005	7349	561790	We Do Windows Inc

Abstract: At approximately 7:35 a.m. on October 19, 2005, Employee #1 was preparing to wash windows on a building. He took his safety lie and his boatswain's chair line and placed the in the same D-ring. He hooked them into a 0.375-in. wire that was stretched between two building anchor points, on the roof. It does not appear that he attached one end of the wire to the anchorage point. He went over the edge of a balcony, floor Number 6, and fell approximately 72 ft and died.

Keywords: WINDOW WASHER, SAFETY LATCH, SAFETY CONTROL LINE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, SAFETY BELT, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309277697			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers

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