Capital Window Washers Shake Off The Cold

Supervisor Richard Dominguez says, "I remember when we washed in Indianapolis, that was freezing," he said. "I mean, we was hanging up there on the 36th floor building and once you put the water on the windows, it froze right away."

Window washers caught in winds while cleaning Capital One Tower in Lake Charles: A group of window washers caught the eyes of many Wednesday morning while they were cleaning the exterior of the Capital One Tower during some heavy winds. "This is the first time I've seen it," said onlooker Michelle Horak. "I posted on Facebook and said 'This is something new!' You know, I've never seen it here."

Workers with AAA National USA Building Services came in from Georgia to work on the building. Supervisor Richard Dominguez says the last time they were here was about 6 years ago. He says fortunately, the wind wasn't too bad and managed to sustain the weather with no safety issues. Though the workers were just doing their job, some people were still amazed. "It's cold, I mean, anything can happen," said onlooker Shaydriana Rhodes, who took time to snap a picture of the workers on her phone. "The winds could be really strong, you know; you never know what can happen with mother nature."

Dominguez says he's been a part of the building services for 15 years and says it's always tough when the temperature drop. "It's real cold," he said as he overlooked his team of six workers. "Your hands get real real cold. I mean, it's hard but if you've been doing this for a long time I mean it's not hard to do. It's just like every other jobs."

The workers are based out of Georgia and are headed to Houston this weekend to continue their work there. He says compared to his past jobs, the weather in Lake Charles was a piece of a cake. "I remember when we washed in Indianapolis, that was freezing," he said. "I mean, we was hanging up there on the 36th floor building and once you put the water on the windows, it froze right away." AAA National provides high-rise interior and exterior window cleaning services, from 1 to 100 stories, for office buildings, hotels, hospitals, universities and residential homes.

Window Cleaning Rig Drops On Worker

A worker was injured when equipment fell from window-washing apparatus on the Hancock Building.

Worker Hurt By Gear Falling From Hancock Building Window Washing Apparatus (Boston) – A worker was injured outside the Hancock Building Saturday morning when a piece of scaffolding equipment fell and hit him. The 62-year-old supervisor for Boston Properties suffered shoulder and arm injuries after equipment fell from the window-washing apparatus when one end let go and tipped. The apparatus was suspended about 15-foot off the ground on Clarendon Street when the equipment fell. The man was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital with what was described as non-life-threatening injuries, according to Boston EMS.

The John Hancock Tower, officially named Hancock Place and colloquially known as The Hancock, is a 60-story, 790 ft (240 m) skyscraper in Boston.

A window-washing rig on the John Hancock Tower injured a worker on the ground Saturday morning, after one side of it suddenly dropped, the Boston Globe reports. Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald told Boston.com the unidentified man was working on scaffolding from an L-shaped staging area on the ground, when an attached window-washing platform, extended about 15 feet in the air, fell over, hitting the worker. He did not suffer life-threatening injuries and was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The incident occurred around 10:17 a.m. “It weighed a good deal,” MacDonald said. MacDonald said he did not know the cause of the accident and could not identify the company or the worker.

A window-washing rig on the John Hancock Tower hanging about 20 feet high struck a worker on the ground this morning after one side of it suddenly dropped, according to the Boston Fire Department. Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said the worker, who suffered non life threatening injuries when the incident occurred at 10:17, works for the window-washing company. Boston EMS confirmed that he was transferred by ambulance to Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He did not know whether anyone was in the rig at the time.

“[The rig] is parallel with the building and one end shifts, so it was almost at a 45 degree angle,” MacDonald said. MacDonald said he did not know if the worker on the ground was adjusting the rig’s position when it dropped or the specific cause for the accident, and he could not identify the company or the worker. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident.

Window Cleaning The World’s Tallest Building

Daring window washers clean world's tallest building.

Window-cleaning the world’s tallest building: Dubai, United Arab Emirates — It’s hard work cleaning the windows of the world’s tallest building, but somebody has to do it. The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is covered in 24,000 panes of glass. The workers who clean them start at the 160th floor and work their way down. That’s more than 2,700 feet. Before they start their work, they check and double-check their harnesses and ropes. They also measure wind speed because a gust of wind could be dangerous. It takes three months to clean every window, and then crews start all over again.

Meanwhile in China..

Climbing duo Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov scaled the 632 metre building without any ropes.

Shanghai Tower skywalkers climb second tallest building in world without safety equipment: Two Russian climbers filmed themselves defying gravity (and death) by climbing the world’s second tallest building without any ropes or climbing gear. Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov used head cameras to film themselves breaking into and climbing the still unfinished Shanghai Tower in China, as they scaled the 632m structure without any safety gear.

Their cameras show vertigo-inducing panoramas of Shanghai hundreds of metres below throughout their ascent. The pair even passed clouds on their journey to the top. The Tower will be one of the tallest buildings in the world upon its completion, second only to the 830 metre Burj Khalifa in the UAE, the tallest man-made structure in the world. When both climbers reach the top, their head-cams show them peering down into the abyss below. Makhorov told Yahoo! News: "We had to wait for hours for the clouds to part but it was well worth the wait, the view was like something from an aircraft window. "As soon as we saw a gap in the clouds were climbed right to the top of the crane and were able to get some great shots of the city below."

Don't look down! Vadim Makhorov sits in a cage above the Shanghai Tower, with the city sprawled more than 2,000 feet beneath him.

Vadim Makhorov and Vitaly Raskalov captured these shots from a height that would make most people sick.

Window Washer Rescue L.A.

Window washers rescued in 10100 Santa Monica Tower because of a scaffold malfunction.

Fire Crews Rescue 2 Workers Trapped On Scaffolding Outside Century City High-Rise: (CENTURY CITY) —Two window washers were rescued Thursday after being stuck on scaffolding on floor 26 of a 27-story high-rise in Century City. The incident happened around 4:50 p.m. at 10100 Santa Monica Tower located on W. Santa Monica Boulevard. “We had to inspect some windows, came down safety. We went back up and the cable got jammed. We couldn’t go up, we couldn’t go down. We didn’t want to play with it, so we called 911,” said worker Javier Barajas. Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Urban Search and Rescue unit hoisted the two men to the roof of the building. No one was injured.

CA/Window Washer Firefighter reacts: Two window washers get rescued by Los Angeles Firefighters after getting stuck 26 floors up, outside a Century City high-rise. Problems with cables on their scaffolding left the pair stranded Thursday near the top.

LASS says: "Were here to do a job. Fortunately today, we did it well."

LASS says: "There were two patients trapped on the scaffolding and I believe mechanically it wasn't able to work anymore and they required rescuing."

LASS says: "No, I think they had their phones with them so they were chatting with some of their friends. They were in good spirits because there were two of them and they were able to keep each other company."

Both men were not injured or in serious danger, but firefighters had to put them each in a rescue harness to hoist them to the roof after 2 hours of being stranded.

Window washers saved from floor 26 of LA building: Los Angeles firefighters had to rescue two window washers who got stuck 26 floors up outside a Century City high-rise. Fire department spokesman Brian Humphrey says problems with cables on their scaffolding left the pair stranded Thursday not far from the top of the 27-story Santa Monica Tower shortly before 5 p.m. They were not injured or in serious danger, but firefighters had to put the two men in rescue harnesses and hoist them on to the roof about two hours after they got stuck.

High Flying Window Cleaners In Liverpool

High-flying window cleaners scrub Liverpool’s 450ft foot Radio City Tower: A pair of high-flying window cleaners will spend the week 450ft in the air as they clean one of Liverpool’s tallest buildings.

Adam Corlett and Ian Warmsley began their death-defying mission to spruce-up the Radio City Tower at 8am yesterday and will be there until Friday.

The climbers, who work at From Great Heights, an industrial abseiling specialists based in Formby, were called in to give St John’s Beacon its annual clean.

Station director Richard Maddock said: “We have to wait for this time of year for longer daylight hours and generally better weather conditions. Wind speed has to be taken into account and can’t be gusting over 15mph.”

The 453ft Radio City Tower was the tallest building in Liverpool until it was overtaken by the 459ft West Tower.