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Inspection Information - Office: Minnesota | ||||
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| Nr: 2889434 | Report ID: 0552700 | Open Date: 06/28/1985 | ||
| Professional Window & Housecleaning | ||||
| 696 Dellwood Place St Paul, MN 55106 | Union Status: Union | |||
| SIC: 7349/Building Cleaning and Maintenance Services, Not Elsewhere | ||||
| Mailing: 4336 Lyndale Ave N, Mpls, MN 55412 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 06/28/1985 | |
| Close Case: | 06/02/2016 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 360589667 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $325 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $325 |
| Current Penalty | $325 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $325 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 182065302 | 07/10/1985 | 07/13/1985 | $325 | $325 | $0 | - | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 689588 | Event: 06/24/1985 | Window Washer Fell From Third Floor Window | ||||
| EMPLOYEE #1, A WINDOW CLEANER EMPLOYED BY PROFESSIONAL WINDOW AND HOUSECLEANING OF MINNEAPOLIS, WAS CLEANING WINDOWS AT THE WILDER RESIDENCE EAST IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. THE DATE WAS JUNE 24, 1985. HE WAS WORKING AT THE THIRD FLOOR LEVEL. THE WINDOW HE WAS CLEANING CONSISTED OF A SMALL (APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET BY 2 FEET) OPENABLE WINDOW, LOCATED NEXT TO A LARGER THERMOPANE WINDOW (APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET BY 4 FEET). THE WINDOW CLEANERS NORMALLY OPEN THE SMALL WINDOW AND, STANDING ON A HEATING UNIT INSIDE THE BUILDING, REACH OUTSIDE TO CLEAN THE LARGE WINDOW. THE ONLY WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE WINDOW SILL WAS WET AND SLIPPERY. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED OUT TOO FAR, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE STREET. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED A BROKEN VERTEBRA, BROKEN UPPER RIGHT LEG, TWO BROKEN ANKLES, TWO CRUSHED HEELS AND SEVERE FACIAL BRUISES. HE IS CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED AT THE ST. PAUL-RAMSEY HOSPITAL. | ||||||
| Keywords: window washer, fracture, cleaning, slip, fall, slippery surface, face, lost balance, vertebra, leg | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 2889434 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Janitors and cleaners | ||