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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336549

WINDOW WASHER,ROPE,WORK RULES,BROKEN CABLE,FALL,TIE-OFF

Event
WINDOW WASHER,ROPE,WORK RULES,BROKEN CABLE,FALL,TIE-OFF
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14336549
Report ID
418100

Event description

Window washer killed in 21 ft fall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 took the majority of the day off for personal business. At 3:00 p.m. , he picked up the keys to access the roof (25th floor). Between 3:10 and 3:15 p .m., security received a call stating that a hotel guest reported a man on the r oof outside a fourth floor room. Employee #1 had a 400 ft rope that should have been tied off at two different points. One line should have been used as a safet y line. Employee #1 used only a single rope. Due to improper rigging or a misjud gment of angle, the rope rolled off the carpet padding onto the concrete wall, w here the rope was cut and very quickly unraveled. Employee #1 fell 21 floors to his death.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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