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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Crystal-clear on April 19, 2011, 08:24:10 pm

Title: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: Crystal-clear on April 19, 2011, 08:24:10 pm
is it true each year 7-10 people die?, need to know for sure got a letter of cancellation and i wana reply with the reasons why wfp is better then ladders

human life being one
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: Dean Taberner on April 19, 2011, 08:52:37 pm
What a pleasant thread this is ;D ;D

Its a fact that anybody whos ever been involved in window cleaning on this forum and beyond will die a not so nice death.

We are all doomed :( :( :( :(
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: Crystal-clear on April 19, 2011, 08:54:15 pm
lol  ;D


sorry i just want her to see the other reasons why wfp is better then trad
safety but i wana try and get the facts right before i put it on paper
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: mci services on April 19, 2011, 08:56:40 pm
Most falls to window cleaners involve the use of
portable ladders. In recent years figures for accidents
reported to HSE and local authorities show that
between two and seven window cleaners have been
killed each year in Great Britain and about 20-30 suffer
major injuries as a result of falls involving ladders.
Many more suffer less serious injuries that result in
several days off work.


this is from the HSE information sheet ;)
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: Steven Shoreditch on April 19, 2011, 08:59:51 pm
Time for one of these:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/e77f/ (http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/e77f/)
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: Crystal-clear on April 19, 2011, 09:02:13 pm
Oh very nice stu

ill copy and paste this in my reply letter  ;D

i know its gona cost me 36p for the stamp and 1 hour of typing up but think this is gona be fun!
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: Londoner on April 19, 2011, 09:33:53 pm
You might want to add that the changes to Corporate Liability Law which came into place last year now means that if a window cleaner kills or seriously injures himself it is the owner of the property who is ultimately liable.
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: mci services on April 19, 2011, 09:36:49 pm
You might want to add that the changes to Corporate Liability Law which came into place last year now means that if a window cleaner kills or seriously injures himself it is the owner of the property who is ultimately liable.

you got any links to that vince?
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: Nathanael Jones on April 19, 2011, 09:46:00 pm
Falls from height remain the most common cause of workplace fatality. In 2008/09 there were 35 fatalities, 4654 major injuries and a further 7065 injuries that caused the injured person to be off work for over 3 days or more, due to a fall from height.(Source: Health and Safety Executive Website)
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: LWC on April 19, 2011, 09:49:00 pm
Dont rise to customers...dump and move on
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: David Kent @ KentKleen on April 19, 2011, 10:16:22 pm
Do you know why they are cancelling???
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: petski2 on April 19, 2011, 10:21:06 pm
sswc whats the pic in ur avatar m8?
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: Rick Ward on April 19, 2011, 10:34:33 pm
Insert Quote
'You might want to add that the changes to Corporate Liability Law which came into place last year now means that if a window cleaner kills or seriously injures himself it is the owner of the property who is ultimately liable '   I remain to be convinced of that one when dealing with non commercial customers
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: idealrob on April 19, 2011, 10:37:24 pm
window cleaning on ladders is a doodle ,it was on telly last week H &S said the most dangerous job is farming
its True, farming is the most dangerous, most self employed ,and take no responsibilaty for H & S, sound like another business on this site. The laws are there for a purpose, Shattered lives

idealrob
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: baldeagle on April 20, 2011, 07:11:54 am
The H & S people blow with the wind to "amend" their figures.

Recently, I read that H & S said that working on trawlers was the most dangerous.

As a personal view, I would have thought that being a serviceman in Afg or Iraq would be on top of the list; [sorry, I can't spell Afghanistan]
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: Steven Shoreditch on April 20, 2011, 07:33:05 am
sswc whats the pic in ur avatar m8?

It's a screenshot lifted from the album cover of some band.  No idea who.

And no, it's not an underage girl, and and the nipple is covered up.
Title: Re: deaths per year (window cleaning)
Post by: Jista on April 20, 2011, 07:43:42 am
I am sure its from the inside of the cover of the great rocking roll swindle