Accident in Minnesota on Thursday

The Garage Safety
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[FONT=“Georgia”]So far there is not a lot of information on this because it is so new, nor do we know who this is yet, but I thought I would pass it along…

One window cleaner died and another was seriously injured today in an accident in St. Louis Park, MN - a Twin Cities suburb. The Star Tribune story says they apparently fell 3 stories from scaffolding.

Window Washer Dies After Fall at Methodist Hospital

kare11.com | Twin Cities, MN | Window washer falls to death at metro hospital

Window washer dies in fall in St. Louis Park | StarTribune.com

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Just updated the blog - “Consider it done” window cleaning.

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Either we are better connected w/ the internet so these accidents get more publicity or there seems to be an increase of them in the past year or two. :frowning:

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Just a note - everyone keeps referring to the workers as being on scaffolding, when really they were using a roof rig descender like a MIO unit…you can see it in the video, plus no scaffolding to be seen. (just a clarification) I guess I didn’t look, but the building didn’t seem too high, wonder why they wouldn’t use WFP?? I don’t think you could pay me enough to dangle by a rope…