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Accident: 14385090 - Window Washer Fell 5 Floors After Rope Support Broke

Accident: 14385090 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 06/20/1985
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
228272106/21/19857349Aaa Services Inc
ON JUNE 20, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WASHING WINDOWS FROM A BOSUN CHAIR USING A RAPPEL RACK DESCENDER ANCHORED TO THE ROOF OF A SIX STORY BUILDING. AT THE FIFTH FLOOR LEVEL, THE ROPE USED FOR HIS SUSPENSION LINE AND HIS SAFETY LIFELINE BROKE IN TWO PLACES. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO THE GROUND AND WAS PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN. A SERIOUS CITATION WAS ISSUED FOR THE USE OF A SCAFFOLD SUSPENSION ROPE NOT CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING AT LEAST SIX TIMES THE LOAD IT IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT -- 1910.28 (A) (22).
Keywords: window washer, paralysis, bosun chair, lifeline, scaffold collapse, fall, leg, scaffold
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 2282721 Hospitalized injury Fracture Occupation not reported

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