Skylight Fall

Man falls through skylight at GVSU Kirkhof Center: Allendale, Missouri - Emergency crews say a window-washer fell through a skylight at the GVSU Kirkhof Center and was rescued after dangling from a cable inside the building. The accident happened around 1 p.m. this afternoon on GVSU's Allendale campus. Campus security says the man who fell was John Badour, an employee of Gemmens Caulking. They say Badour was applying caulking to windows in a skylight when the glass broke under him. Officers say Badour's safety harness kept him from falling all the way to the floor below. Badour dangled on the cable for several minutes until co-workers pulled him up to safety. Campus security officer Minh Lien says Badour suffered a cut in the fall, but no serious injuries. The man was taken to Spectrum Butterworth as a precaution. No one else was injured.
This follows on from last week in Brampton, Canada: A window washer survived a harrowing tumble off the roof of a Brampton apartment building last Wednesday afternoon when he managed to crash through a window into a top floor apartment.