Seventeen-Year-Old Window Washer Dies After Falling 180 Feet Due to a Rigging Anchor Failure–PA

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE200008

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Seventeen-Year-Old Window Washer Dies After Falling 180 Feet Due to a Rigging Anchor Failure–PA

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
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A 17-year-old male window washer (the victim) died after falling 180 feet when the rigging suspending him failed. The victim was one of four window washers cleaning windows at a 20-story condominium complex. The victim, his 21-year-old brother and 35-year-old cousin were cleaning the windows on the outside of the complex while his 12-year-old brother kept the sidewalk clear of the ropes and debris below the window washers. On the 225-foot-high roof of the building, the victim tied the ½-inch woven 600-foot length of nylon rope (at its length midpoint) around a suspension bracket for one of several 8-inch feed and return steam lines located on the roof. He then tied a loop into one of the lengths of rope, approximately 5 feet from the midpoint attached to the bracket, and placed the loop over a 2-inch-diameter vent pipe protruding 8 inches upward from another steam line. The victim attached a descent control device to his harness and a boatswains chair to the other length of rope. He then stepped over the roof's parapet wall, and manipulating the descent control device, lowered himself down to the 20th-story windows and began to wash them. The victim had worked his way down to the 17th floor when the bracket and vent pipe to which he had attached the rope gave way, causing him to fall 180 feet to the ground. The Emergency Medical Service (EMS) was summoned by phone from inside the complex. EMS personnel responded and transported the victim to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-prevention Accidents Age-factors Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 3 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Window-cleaning
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Youth (0017)

All (0000) ; Youth (0017) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE200008
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3

Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Division:

DSR - Division of Safety Research
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

6 pages
Contributor:

Casini, Virgil J.
NIOSHTIC Number:

20024462
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2005-101088
Citation:

Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Federal Fiscal Year:

2002
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1999/11/29
Resource Number:

FACE-2000-08
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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