Window Washer NJ Rescue

Window washers were stranded 60 feet in the air Monday while working on a building in Paramus.

Parsippany Window Washer Rescued After Getting Stuck 5 Stories Up: Window washers were stranded 60 feet in the air Monday while working on a building in Paramus. Paramus police, fire and rescue responded to and successfully rescued a pair of window washers who were stuck on their scaffolding more than 60 feet above the parking lot of the Mack Cali III building on East Ridgewood Avenue Monday. The scaffold began to tilt, broke a fifth story window and locked in place. The window washing rig has a safety mechanism that automatically locks when the scaffold begins to tilt.

The two window washers, a 45-year-old Parsippany man and a 36-year-old Union City man, were trapped five stories up. “Fire Department Chief Craig Hopkins established command and sent fire fighters to the fifth floor where the scaffold had broken a window in an office and Paramus Rescue Chief Joseph Hamlin established Operations on the roof level,” explained Paramus Rescue Squad Captain John Pecoraro. Paramus Rescue members immediately set up an anchor on the roof and secured the two workers with safety lines in the event the scaffold was compromised. A tower ladder from Oradell FD was raised and the bucket placed next two the scaffold. The two workers were successfully rescued and no one was hurt.

New Jersey Window Washer Rescue

Window washer trapped on the side of the Mary Roebling Building in Trenton

Window washer dangling from Trenton high-rise is rescued (Trenton, NJ) — A window washer was stuck hanging in the air between the 8th and 9th floors of an office building in downtown Trenton for more than half an hour this afternoon before being rescued. The man was washing windows on the Mary Roebling building at 20 W. State St., at the corner with North Warren Street, when his rigging failed, Battalion Chief Ron Kosztyu said. Fire crews were called just after 4 p.m. and found him suspended on the outside of the building.

With a small crowd watching from the sidewalk below, firefighters first extended a ladder toward the man, which was not quite long enough to reach him. The crews went in through the building to a roof ledge on the 9th floor, above the spot where the window washer was hanging, and were able to pull him to safety, Kosztyu said. They initially thought the man was unconscious, but he told them he never lost consciousness, and he was able to help himself onto the roof, Kosztyu said.

Witnesses in the crowd said the man had been hanging off the building for 15 minutes before the fire crews arrived. The man exited the back of the building after the rescue and declined to be interviewed. His name and the company he works for were not released.

Trenton firefighters rescue stuck window washer — A window washer working on the Mary Roebling building on West State Street had to be rescued by Trenton firefighters after getting stuck between the eighth and ninth floor Monday afternoon.

Engines 1 and 10, Ladder 4 and Rescue 1 were called to the first block of West State Street around 4:00 p.m. to find the man dangling in his safety harness. The man was stuck due to a jam in his safety harness that left him unable to lower himself to the ground. Ladder 4 initially attempted to reach the man, but the ladder came up short. “Our ladder is 100 feet long and he was about 20 feet higher than us,” Btl. Chief Ron Kosztyu said.

To get the man to safety, crews threw a safety line to him and set up a hauling system on the roof to pull him upwards. “Since he was a window washer, he could do the rigging himself when we threw him a line,” Kosztyu said. Initially, firefighters thought the worker was unconscious because he did not appear to be moving, but once the worker got on the roof, he said never lost consciousness, Kosztyu said. After 45 minutes of hanging in his harness, the man was pulled to safety. There were no reported injuries.

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"Now I'm laughing to the bank. I'm good at what I do,'' Rob Feinberg says. "I don't like looking bad.''

Squeegee Free - 99¢ Any Window - You might walk away from Rob Feinberg thinking he's one of the neatest guys you've ever met or a wild dreamer. But he is interesting. Just about everything he does, or doesn't do, is interesting. And so you listen intently and wonder if he's going to virtually walk off the street into the promised land of the show jumping horse industry. Feinberg plans to turn his jumpers into some of the best in the country, the kind of horse that wins big money.

Feinberg admits that some within the industry's establishment have viewed him skeptically. But he ignores the naysayers. "When I charged $1 to wash a window of any size, they all laughed at me,'' he says of starting up Itsnotapain.com, which is Web site now calls "undoubtedly the fastest growing commercial, industrial and residential cleaning company anywhere in the "Now I'm laughing to the bank. I'm good at what I do,'' Feinberg says. "I don't like looking bad.''

Feinberg bought Day Tripper two years ago for $2,000. Day Tripper was a Western Pleasure horse, a discipline focused on a horse's manners and calmness and disposition, not jumping over fences. He has converted Day Tripper into a jumper, and says the horse recently finished second in his debut at a beginner event in Sussex, N.J. But how? Feinberg cites a summer program at SUNY Morrisville years ago as his only formal educational experience with horses. Feinberg learned the ins and outs of standardbreds, not jumpers, in the program. So how was he able to turn Day Tripper into a jumper in less than a year?

Feinberg says the key is to train the horse "from the ground up,'' meaning he first walks the animal toward and over fences without a rider. Feinberg cites the importance of a quality diet for the horse, which is why, he says, Day Tripper eats only the finest hay and alfalfa. He says the other secret is connecting with the horse. "I understand their language,'' he says. "It's like a kid. You have to work with them through their problems. I know how to make a connection. You give me a horse, I guarantee you that I can make it do anything.'' Sounds like some kind of horse whisperer. "I guess if you want to call it that,'' Feinberg says.

Day Tripper made it over just seven of a dozen or so jumps in a low-scale non-monetary event at HITS on Wednesday. He will give it another shot on Thursday and likely each Wednesday and Thursday through early June. Feinberg acknowledges that Day Tripper might not be the horse to compete for six- and seven-figure purses at such shows as HITS. That is why, Feinberg says, he recently purchased two horses from Europe, at $15,000 a pop, currently being quarantined. He claims they will be Olympic-caliber jumpers within two years. "You can spend $100,000 on horses, but it doesn't mean anything,'' he says. "It's working with the horse and understanding that horse and respecting one another.''

Robin McNellis, who rides Day Tripper through training exercises at a Bethel facility, vouches for Feinberg's skills. She says his ability to convert Day Tripper from a Western Pleasure horse to a jumper is "pretty rare.'' "It's his confidence and belief in the horse,'' McNellis says. "That's the secret. When people tell him he can't do it, it doesn't distract him at all.''

Hurricane Sandy Will Affect Window cleaners

Residents test the high surf in in Ocean City, Maryland as Hurricane Sandy intensifies October 29, 2012. About 50 million people from the Mid-Atlantic to Canada were in the path of the nearly 1,000-mile-wide (1,600-km-wide) storm, which forecasters said could be the largest to hit the mainland in U.S. history. Click to enlarge.

Many window cleaners are showing concern over Hurricane Sandys advancement in the Eastern States of the U.S. - most cancelling work tomorrow. Updates to window cleaners concerns can be followed here.

Hurricane Sandy’s wrath being felt hours before landfall, forecasted to be biggest storm to hit northeast coast: Late-minute preparations for Hurricane Sandy, the “frankenstorm” set to be the largest hurricane to ever hit the northeastern United States and Canada, intensified Monday as the monster storm shut down transportation, shuttered businesses and sent thousands scrambling for higher ground hours before its landfall.

About 50 million people from the Mid-Atlantic to Canada are in the path of the nearly 1,600-kilometre-wide storm, which forecasters said could be the largest to hit the mainland in U.S. history and will have a devastating landfall. It was expected to topple trees, damage buildings, cause power outages and trigger heavy flooding. “We are certain that this is going to be a slow-moving process through a wide swath of the country, and millions of people are going to affected,” U.S. President Barack Obama said, speaking to reporters from the White House Monday afternoon.

The storm is bearing down nearly directly upon New York City and the city’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg, said Sandy’s full wrath could be felt by 6 p.m. today. The storm surge in New York City from Sandy, which flooded Battery Park Monday morning, has already surpassed that of last year’s Hurricane Irene. “Don’t be fooled, don’t look out the window and say, it doesn’t look so bad,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. “The worst is still coming.”

Officials have been stark in their warnings, as their have been more than 60 deaths already attributed to the hurricane, and say it is likely there will be more. “There will undoubtedly be some deaths that are caused by the intensity of this storm, by the floods, by the tidal surge, by the waves. The more responsibly citizens act, the fewer people will die,” Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley told reporters.

Joanne Klineburger, left, and Scott Thomas boarded up her novelty shop in downtown Cape May, N.J., on Sunday. They recycled the pieces of plywood they used during Hurricane Irene.

At New Jersey’s Southern Tip, Dire Forecasts Are Met With Irritation and Defiance (Cape May, N.J.) — Ed Johnston agreed to make only one concession to Hurricane Sandy: He would close his oceanside restaurant three hours early. All right, that is not quite all he did. Mr. Johnston and his two dishwashers brought in the plastic chairs from the patio, stacking them inside for safekeeping. They removed the glass windows that enclose the porch, concerned for the howling winds that were to come. But head to safer ground inland? For Mr. Johnston and some others like him who live around New Jersey’s southernmost point, Hurricane Sandy was at once a nuisance and a curiosity — but certainly not a reason to flee the area. “I’ve been here over 40 years; this is part of living, you know?” said Mr. Johnston, who is an owner of the Cove Restaurant and Seaside Deck.

He showed off a photograph taken of him last year as he stood outside the restaurant during Hurricane Irene, waves crashing before him. This year, he said he would return to his restaurant at high tide to check on the place. “My brother is down in the Dominican Republic right now, and he’s more worried than I am,” Mr. Johnston added. Gov. Chris Christie ordered residents of New Jersey’s barrier islands to leave by Sunday afternoon, and local officials warned of a high probability of flooding and power failures in the area. Many people did leave the area, and business owners fortified their shops, but there was little alarm among the residents who planned to stay.

Mike Keosky, 68, a human resources consultant, also put his Hurricane Irene plywood to use. Putting down his drill, Mr. Keosky pointed to all of his neighbors who, like he and his wife, Norma, were planning to ride out the storm in Cape May. “Last year we went away for two days,” Mr. Keosky said. “When I came back, all I had were a few leaves on the ground.” The weather worsened as the day went on, with rougher seas and gustier winds. But barely an hour before the 4 p.m. evacuation deadline, some businesses were still open. One last slice of barbecue chicken pizza could still be had at Louie’s Pizza, right across the street from the beach. At Sunset Liquors, where the storefront window was covered with plywood bearing the message “No booze for Sandy,” a steady stream of customers stocked up on provisions throughout the afternoon.

Perhaps no one was more defiant than Mike Losness, 31, a sales representative from San Clemente, Calif. — a safe distance from Hurricane Sandy. But Mr. Losness flew to New Jersey because he wanted to surf as the storm hit. “It’s a fun adventure, surfing in a perfect storm,” Mr. Losness said as he stripped off his wet suit after a morning in the water. He was in a hurry to leave Cape May — not to evacuate, but because he and his friends wanted to get to Ocean City, N.J., their next spot to surf, before the authorities shut down access to it.

More Scaffold Rescues & Other Window Cleaning News

Firefighters Rescue Window Washers Trapped 25 Stories Above the Street: MANHATTAN — Firefighters had to rescue a pair of window washers trapped 25 stories up the side of a Fifth Avenue building on Monday morning. The unidentified workers had been cleaning the side of 575 Fifth Ave. at East 47th Street when their electrical lift's motor burnt out around 10:50 a.m., an FDNY spokesman said. FDNY rescue crews cut through a window to rescue them shortly before 11:30, fire officials said. “They had to cut the glass of a window to get him out. It was not a good situation,” said Louis Williams, 41, who works as the doorman in the building where the washers were trapped. Police rerouted onlookers to adjoining blocks, and fire trucks monitored the area to make sure that the hanging scaffolding was not a danger to civilians. Williams said the washers worked for Quality Building Services Corporation. The company did not return several calls for comment. Click pictures to enlarge.

Window Workers Rescued From Downtown Skyscraper: Atlanta firefighters rescued a pair of window installers trapped on the side of the Bank of America building in downtown Atlanta on Monday afternoon. News Chopper 2 showed the men clinging to the side of the building on the 600 block of Peachtree Street just before 1 p.m. Firefighters gathered on an upper floor of the building, while one firefighter rappelled down the side of the building with equipment. Just before 2:15 p.m., the first window installer began to be pulled up from the platform while the firefighter and other worker looked on. The man could be seen waving at the people inside the building as he was being lifted up. The second installer and the firefighter were lifted together to the top of the building just after the first man was rescued. The men had been installing a window when the engine on their platform failed to operate, according Channel 2's Lori Geary, who was at the scene. The men said they were unable to crawl back inside the building. Officials said the platform the workers were using was stuck around the 47th floor. They were not injured, according to early reports. Click pictures to enlarge.

A window cleaner in Islamabad who falls from the 18th floor due to the rope giving way on a faulty machine is not contractually entitled to medical treatment from his employer, nor can he rely on the state to cover his medical expenses. Watching his story on “Live With Talat”, I learn that the Saudi-Pak Investment Company, whose windows were being cleaned, does pay for his medical treatment. But this is mentioned as a goodwill gesture by his benefactors, not as something that he has earned the right for, or as his entitlement. In another system, the window cleaner would have been approached by a personal injury lawyer who would have taken his case to a court that would have awarded large sums of punitive damages in a precedent-setting tort case. This would have been his due and he would have retired without having to worry about money, but in Pakistan our ways are different. After two years of recuperation, he is up cleaning windows on the 18th floor once more. Hard work gives our people bare subsistence, while cronyism or occupation of high office puts one in a position to extract maximum favours.

WINDOW WASHING: A woman salvaged her belongings in Fuzhou, Jiangxi province, China, Sunday. Floodwaters began receding in southern China as workers finished repairing a dike breach. However, a landslide caused by heavy rains trapped at least 107 people Monday in the southwest. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Interview: Noel Faulkner - “I’ve had a great life and I’ve never had to take any crap from anybody.” Faulkner left the UK for the States where he remained for the next 20 years: “It was great fun although I never made any money. I de-snaked people’s houses in San Diego. I set up a window-washing business with a guy I met on the beach called ‘Pane in the Glass’. We’d do anything for a spare buck. Then I moved to San Francisco and started going to drama school.”

Fans dismayed as England crash out of the World Cup: England are out of the World Cup after losing 4-1 to Germany in South Africa, leaving millions of fans disappointed. Damien Masham, 26, a window cleaner from Peterborough, said he was "absolutely devastated".

As the Jersey City Board of Education’s last public convening of the school year. “I want you all to see what Jersey City Public Schools are doing,” Epps said of the performances and award ceremony, which were followed by votes on over a hundred agenda items. All of these were approved, with the exception of three items — related, respectively, to the award of a bid for window washing services, speech language services for non-public school children, and examination and classification of non-public school children — issues that were tabled and will be voted on at a later date.

St. Louis-based Fish Window Cleaning expanded into three new states this year and has targeted Idaho next with plans for franchises in Boise, Idaho Falls and Coeur d'Alene that could add about 40 new jobs. Fish Window Cleaning has 220 locations in 41 states. Start-up costs run between $80,000 and $110,000 and include equipment, eight days of classroom training and three days of field training with onsite assistance in launching the business. Nathan Merrick, vice president of franchise development for the company, points out, "Once people see our executive business model, they like the unlimited potential of the service‹there is glass everywhere, and the freedom that comes with no evening or weekend work. "Owners typically employ three or more window cleaners at start-up, as well as office and administrative staff," said Vice President Nathan Merrick.

Hector Lopez live lavish lives as members suffer: As president of Metal Polishers Local 8A-28A, Hector Lopez has an unusual living arrangement - the lavish suburban mansion (pictured below) he calls home is owned by a company he bargains with. The Cadillac Escalade he drives appears to have been bought with help from the union's strike fund, and he collects a salary that's $40,000 a year over what's allowed. All of this for a union that's swimming in red ink with cash on hand to cover only a week of operations. Lopez is one of a handful of New York City labor leaders who, critics say, use their unions as personal ATMs, enriching themselves at the expense of dues-paying members. While the rank-and-file struggle with a faltering economy, leaders of some of these smaller boutique unions put family on the payroll, buy luxury sedans and fly off to weekend conferences in Hawaii and Florida. Lopez lives in a brand new 3,600-square-foot two-story Colonial with four bedrooms in leafy Oakland Township, N.J. Records show it's owned by a Linden, N.J., window washing company, Total Building Services Inc., which, records show, has a contract with Lopez's local. Court papers filed in May 2009 indicate Lopez planned to buy the house. No deed transfer was recorded, but The News found Lopez at the house recently where he declined comment, citing the court fight. Lopez has denied charges of financial irregularities. Robert Fabrizio, Total Building Services president and a trustee of Local 8A-28A's welfare fund, did not return calls seeking comments.

Window Cleaners Stranded - Scaffold Malfunction - Jersey City

Two workers are rescued from jammed scaffold 17 stories above Washington Boulevard in Jersey City: The two workers stranded 17 stories above Washington Boulevard in Jersey City for 90 minutes have been rescued by Jersey City firefighters, Jersey Journal reporter Michaelangelo Conte reports from the scene. The workers, who apparently were cleaning the the windows at 480 Washington Boulevard, got stuck outside the 17th floor when one of the ropes of their scaffold jammed, Jersey City Fire Director Armando Roman said. Since the scaffold could not be raised or lowered, rescue workers smashed a large window on the 17th floor of the Downtown office building, raining down shards of glass on the sidewalk. After taking a few minutes to clean any remaining jagged pieces of glass from the window frame, firefighters pulled the two workers to safety.

More here: Jersey City firefighters make dramatic rescue of window washers stranded 170 feet in the air. Two window washers dangled 17 stories above a Jersey City street for 90 minutes after a cable on their scaffold jammed yesterday and firefighters had to smash a window to rescue them. Firefighters responding to the 2:47 p.m. call found the men working on a high-rise office building high above Washington Boulevard and Sixth Street and cordoned off the area as they worked to remove the window, Fire Director Armando Roman said. The workers stood at the far right of the scaffold until about 4:15, when firefighters sent glass shards cascading down the face of 480 Washington Blvd. The firefighters removed the remaining glass from the opening, fitted the workers with harnesses and then the men climbed up the railing of the scaffold and were helped into the building. After the workers were secure, a firefighter leaned out the opening and gave a thumbs-up sign to firefighters and police officers below.
"The guys did a great job," said Roman, who was at the scene. "It was a double-pane window and they were able to remove the inner panel, but the outer one was more secure and had to be broken. It was a very positive conclusion to a serious situation." The window washers had water with them on the scaffold and the weather was breezy and warm. News helicopters hovered nearby as they hung suspended from cables stretching from the building's roof 150 feet above their scaffold.



Jersey Journal reporter Michaelangelo Conte reports from the scene that the two men are stuck on a scaffold outside a window on the 17th floor of 480 Washington Boulevard, a 32-story glass office building on the corner of Sixth Street Downtown. The two men are huddled together at the right side of the scaffold. Jersey City Fire Director Armando Roman said rescue workers plan to attempt to cut a hole in one of the windows to bring the workers to safety. The scaffold is anchored to the roof 15 floors above, but apparently has malfunctioned and cannot be raised the 150 feet.

Stolen Guitars, Fires, Explosions + Window Cleaning Reports

Window cleaner injured as he gave chase to thieves, court told: A window cleaner ran almost naked along a country lane in the early hours chasing two thieves who stole his acoustic guitar, a jury was told. Robert Dobbins had returned home at midnight from his band's practice session, leaving two guitars in his car. He and his wife Victoria were asleep in bed when they were awoken by noises outside their cottage in Bog Lane, Upper Moor, near Pershore. Mr Dobbins described at Worcester Crown Court how, dressed only in his boxer shorts, he sprinted barefoot after two people he saw standing near the Vauxhall Corsa on his driveway. One was carrying his acoustic guitar and the other person had his briefcase. "The last thing I remember was jumping over my guitar left in the lane," said Mr Dobbins.
He and his wife - who had followed him in the pursuit - were both attacked before the thieves fled in their own car, said prosecutor Charles Hardy. But police later matched three fingerprints found on the Corsa's door to a Lithuanian man. Alvydas Pudymaitis, aged 22, of Beaconsfield Road, Mottingham, south-east London, denies theft and two charges of assault causing actual bodily harm. The offences occurred on August 12, 2006 (correct) around 1.30am, said Mr Hardy. The thieves broke into the car before Mr Dobbins ran downstairs and then chased them in the dark.
He was knocked to the ground in the attack and came round lying on a grass verge. His feet were cut and he suffered blows to his face, black eyes and a gash to the back of his head. Mr Dobbins recalled seeing his wife crying. She was punched in the face and knocked against a wall by one thief. She had a cut mouth and a head injury. Pudymaitis was stopped in a police check on October 2 last year. He could not remember being in Worcestershire, said Mr Hardy. But he added: "His fingerprints were on the car. He was one of the two men who broke in. We don't know who his accomplice was." The trial continues.

Potential explosion prevented after van fire: Firefighters prevented a potential explosion after a window cleaner's van caught fire in Forest Town. The van was dual-fuelled, and firefighters were concerned a gas cylinder in the back could explode as it heated up due to the fire. They also had to contend with burning fuel coming from the vehicle running down the road. Residents in Newlands Drive were told to stay inside their homes and keep their windows closed due to the fumes. The burning fuel was then extinguished using almost an entire tank of foam, and the cylinder was cooled using water. Watch manager Darren Warner, of Notts Fire and Rescue Service, said: "We had to treat it with upmost caution and cool it. There was the possibility of projectiles in all directions. "It's biodegradable eco-friendly foam. Up there right now it looks like Christmas." Firefighters were alerted at 10.35am, and the stop message was not given until 11.27am. The van was severely damaged by the fire.

Woman dies in Chatham Twp. house fire: Authorities are investigating a fatal garage fire that killed a Chatham Township woman Monday afternoon. Emergency officials on scene said flames were shooting out the garage when authorities arrived. The blaze spread quickly to the 87-year-old home it anchors, said Chatham Township Police Lt. William Behr. John Strelkoff, who owns Bottle Hill Window Cleaning in Madison, was cleaning windows at the house next door when he heard someone yelling for help outside. The voice, he said, was calling for blankets. "I got outside and saw smoke pouring outside the garage and saw what looked like a body on fire laying next to the car," Strelkoff said. "I tried to grab towels, blankets, but no one could get inside because the heat was so intense. "Things started popping ... glass started breaking, the flames got really big and the smoke started pouring out," he said.

Toronto window washer saved by fall arrest system (Report-Canadian Occupational Health & Safety News): A window cleaner was saved by his fall arrest system after an equipment malfunction caused him to fall 19 storeys from a Toronto building.

On April 2 at about 2:45 pm, the worker employed by Premium Window Cleaning Ltd was on the roof of a 33-storey building preparing to use a bosun's chair to descend the side of the building, confirms Bruce Skeaff, a spokesman from Ontario's Ministry of Labour (MoL). At that point, the bosun's chair - a seat connected to a suspended line - became unhooked from the rope and fell away.

"The worker was left hanging from the ledge and lost grip with his hands and went into a freefall to the 15th floor," says Skeaff. "That's when the fall arrest system kicked in and the rope-grab locked." The worker suffered rope burns to his hands and was taken to St Michael's Hospital in Toronto.

The ministry was unable to disclose how long the worker was suspended in his harness, but Skeaff reports that the company has been issued a stop work order for not having a written emergency rescue procedure in place related to the fall arrest system. Part of the MoL investigation will focus on how the bosun's chair malfunctioned, Skeaff adds.

While the worker was saved in this case, falls from elevations represent a significant hazard. Information from the MoL website reports that one-quarter of all workplace fatalities are the result of falls, and the danger was made more apparent by the events of Christmas Eve last year. Five construction workers were working on scaffolding on the 13th storey of a Toronto building when "the scaffolding, known as a swing stage, separated in the middle and the workers fell to the ground below" (COHSN, January 11, 2010). Four of the workers died at the scene and the fifth suffered critical injuries.

In response to that tragedy, the MoL issued a hazard alert detailing safety procedures for suspended platform work, including proper training; use of fall arrest systems; proper design, construction, use and maintenance of the equipment; and inspections by competent workers and supervisors.

Suspended platforms, such as bosun's chairs, should not be mistaken for fall protection, cautions Andrew Sulowski, president of Sulowski Fall Protection Inc, a Toronto-based consulting firm. "[These] are called work-positioning systems," he says, explaining that while they enable window washers to do their job, they do not provide adequate protection from potentially fatal falls.

"The law requires that in addition to the work-positioning system, the window washer is equipped with a fall arrest system, which in this simple case will consist of another rope attached to the roof to a different anchor point," he explains. "That rope will usually have the fall arrester, and between the fall arrester and the harness there will be a lanyard, which is either energy-absorbing or not."

Sulowski suggests that workers should conduct a before-use inspection on their fall arrest systems. The worker should check to see if straps are cut or if there are any "stains of unknown origins" which may cause the usually soft webbing in the fall protection system to become hard and brittle. The worker should also make sure the metal D-ring at the back of the harness is not damaged, he adds.

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