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History
In 2016 There was a near miss where a descending technician requested a new rope from the owner since he felt the rope 'give' during his last descent. While the Owner was driving to the work site the technician decided he could do one more descent prior to the Owners arrival. Sadly: the rope broke once he past that same questionable point in the rope and he dropped 4 storied prior to engaging his safety device. As you can imagine OSHA was immediately involved and found that the window cleaning industry had minimal Standards associated with descending.
The resulting correction was the inception of 1910.27(b)(1)(i) and (ii). The result was a safer industry overall since Liability was moved to the Building Owner and the Contractor.
There is no question that tested anchorage systems provide a safer workplace but hey also increase cost to both the Building Owner and Contract.
Juneau Window Cleaner Falls 4 Stories:
Published 10:16 pm Wednesday, October 5, 2016
A man reportedly fell four stories off the side of a downtown building onto an awning Wednesday afternoon, prompting a response from first responders who helped retrieve him. Juneau Police Department spokesman Lt. David Campbell said dispatchers received multiple calls about the incident at the Marine View Center apartment building on the corner of Ferry Way and Franklin Street at 1:09 p.m., but a name, age and medical status of the man who fell was not immediately available. According to a post on Capital City Fire/Rescue’s Facebook page, the man landed on a glass awning below him and was still tethered to a rope when the responders reached him.
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