Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119594398 - Cliffhanger Service And Company

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Investigation Summary

On June 30, 1994, Employee #1, of Cliffhanger Services Inc., was at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bethesda, MD, rappelling from one balcony to another. While rappelling from the 10th to the 9th floor, he fell approximately 10 ft to a concrete balcony. The employee's "jumar" had not been attached to his safety line, although he had been trained always to do so. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a bruised right arm, a contusion to the head, a bruised lower back, and numbness in both legs.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, BACK, FALL, RAPPELLING, ARM, TIE-OFF, CONTUSION, LEG