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Monday, 21 September 2015

Insane Falling Glass Video

This is the horrifying moment a man dodges death as a falling WINDOW nearly slices him in half. The pane is seen falling, left, and making impact, right
INSANE CLIP: Man dodges death as falling window nearly cuts him in half: Footage shows the man walking along a city street at a relaxed pace, even stopping to check the bottom of his shoe, oblivious to what's coming. But when he reaches the al-fresco area of a local cafe, a pane of falling glass enters the shot - and it comes so close that it pulls off his headdress and sends it flying. Had he been inches nearer to the road, the impact would certainly have killed him.

Within seconds, the dazed man is scrambling to his feet, hardly taking a moment to register the glass around him as he picks up his headdress and heads back the way he came. He is then beckoned into the cafe by two other men who look upwards in horror at where the shattered pane fell from. The CCTV clip, from Saudi Arabia, was published last night on LiveLeak after being shot last month.


Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Window Cleaner Fatally Electrocuted


Man hurt in window-cleaning accident: Johannesburg - A man was badly burnt and critically injured when he apparently received a shock while cleaning windows in Kramerville, Sandton, paramedics said on Saturday. "...It was said that the man was cleaning windows on the outside of the building when he somehow came into contact with electrical wires overhead and he was [shocked] and as a result his body badly burnt," ER24 spokesperson Vanessa Jackson said. She said safety officials at the company would conduct the necessary investigations to discover the exact cause. The man, in his 30s, was extensively burnt in the accident on Friday. He was airlifted to Milpark Hospital's specialised burns unit.

Earlier incident where a man was electrocuted in Sandton: A panic-stricken employee at a business on Kramer street on Kramerville, Sandton, was unable to state exactly what had taken place at the site when she called through to 084124 earlier today. All we knew was that a man had been electrocuted and he was no longer conscious. They needed immediate medical assistance.

Upon arrival on scene, a man in his 30′s was found to be in a critical condition; badly burnt and unresponsive. Paramedics started to treat the extensive burn injuries he had sustained while the Advanced Life Support paramedics prepped his equipment and placed the man onto external ventilation equipment. While they continued his treatment, trying to stabilise his condition before being able to move him, a medical helicopter was called in to assist so as to get the man to a medical facility as soon as possible.

With Milpark hospital having a specialised burns unit, the man was packaged into the air ambulance and a short while later he was airborne to hospital.

Although safety officials at the company will need to conduct the necessary investigations into what exactly happened, it was said that the man was cleaning windows on the outside of the building when he somehow came in contact with electrical wires overhead and he was electrocuted and as a result his body badly burnt.

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