Loading ...Safety Harness Saves Life
Window washer John Badour fell through a skylight at GVSU’s Allendale campus this past July. (If you follow safety blogs you may have seen some of the photos already. Please note: that I take the blame/fame for having Perez Hiltonized one of the photos.)
Badour was applying caulking to the window when the window broke and he fell through. His harness kept him from a close encounter with tile flooring below.
Although firefighters arrived to rescue him, they were not sure of the best way to do it. His quickly thinking co-workers were able to pull him up safely by bringing in a crane lift to bring him back onto the roof outside. Perhaps this is a timely reminder to have your own retrieval plan and learn about suspension trauma?
Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported. Badour suffered some minor cuts requiring stitches and is now back to work.
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