Not window cleaning-specific, but very relevant due we access roof areas…
BUTLER, IN — [I]A maintenance worker was killed after falling 100 feet off of the roof he was cleaning, according to the Chicago Tribune.
David W. Gingery, 27, was cleaning the roof of Steel Dynamics when the structure collapsed, sending Gingery into a freefall, the article stated.
According to the article, Gingery was wearing a safety harness, but it failed, snapping under his weight.[/I]
[B]Please ensure that you and your employees are conducting business with safety in mind, continue those regular meetings spotlighting safety, regularly inspect safety-related equipment, and systematize your business with a dedicated focus on safety.
Safety needs to be owned by everyone involved. [/B]
how many people actualy have thier harness and lanyards checked yearly.our lanyards and harness take a lot of stress and strains cuts and nicks. then of course there is damage from cemicals and most of all sweat. I am sorry to say i quite often see equipment being used i would not trust my life to. checkthe stiching for cemical damage. and hopefully there will be less failures
Falling through a roof generates sharp edges that act like knifes. Safety equipment is very likely to fail if forcefully dragged across those.
What happened is the reason why you are supposed to check for tears or incisions and also why running ropes across edges is a no-go.
I was talking to my neighbor yesterday (he owns a 60 mil/ yr construction company that builds government buildings) and he told me that OSHA requires ladders to be tied off whenever being climbed by a worker. I guess they will just put a nail in the side of the structure to tie the ladder off to.
Is that true?
It would be impossible to do on a customers property and i would never consider doing it… but it sucks OSHA thinks there running the game, and they come up with nonsense like this…
