Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Nick Day on November 17, 2017, 07:31:35 pm
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I have just been told that in a very serious accident in Norfolk this week (not officially announced yet but from somebody involved) three cars and a VW caddy with WFP window cleaning equipment were involved in accident. Everybody sustained minor injuries, but the window cleaners tank pushed forward and crushed him to death.
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Thats not good at all , i think a lot of people will be following this one.
Keep us posted .
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blinkin heck!
I have tonight been quoting work from a window cleaner that has just died suddenly in a motor bike crash.
Much loved guy, kids n wife etc.
A few years back I bought some work from a guy (bob) who was selling because the guy who was cleaning previously(dave, nice lad)sadly died of a heart attack aged only 42. Just 6 months previous to that bobs son(also cleaned windows) died during a tragic accident on a night out.
I may reconsider my profession!
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blinkin heck!
I have tonight been quoting work from a window cleaner that has just died suddenly in a motor bike crash.
Much loved guy, kids n wife etc.
A few years back I bought some work from a guy (bob) who was selling because the guy who was cleaning previously(dave, nice lad)sadly died of a heart attack aged only 42. Just 6 months previous to that bobs son(also cleaned windows) died during a tragic accident on a night out.
I may reconsider my profession!
If I were you mate I wouldn't be cleaning another single window!! :o ;D
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might start calling myself a "frame cleaner" and do the glass discreetly at the same time.
Maybe old grim might walk on by!
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Anyone else seen this?
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/window-cleaner-seriously-hurt-after-fall-from-building-on-oxford-street-a3690426.html
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Anyone else seen this?
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/window-cleaner-seriously-hurt-after-fall-from-building-on-oxford-street-a3690426.html
yep its old news.
i dont know why some of you guys are shocked by these stories.s**t happens all the time regardless whether your a window cleaner or not.
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For me its of interest to know details of the system fitment , strapped or caged , and what the accident involved , we know it happens and i bet we all say "it wont happen to me" , as the poor guy in the caddy probably said .
I think then we can all make our own minds up as to what is safe and not safe .
Myself i have a frame bolted to the floor and the tank is strapped to it , so im a bit of a hybrid in terms of fitting !
You can watch as many fancy crash tests as you want , but what we have here is hard evidence to chew over .
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do you really think we re gonna find out? ::)roll
what tank and frame(if any)he had fitted?ratchet straps etc?whether he had bolts through the floor or through the eyelet holes instead?.....bulkhead or not?how fast he was driving(approx)?...........i dont.....
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do you really think we re gonna find out? ::)roll
what tank and frame(if any)he had fitted?ratchet straps etc?whether he had bolts through the floor or through the eyelet holes instead?.....bulkhead or not?how fast he was driving(approx)?...........i dont.....
I dont suppose any in depth description will come out , but it depends on who if anybody runs the story , what the witnesses say , and we all know how the press can be with details .
But Nick Day seems to have an inside line maybe , it may well be that some members know the chap thats passed ?
The info is out there , its just a case of wait and see i guess .
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Maybe window cleaning magazine or the fed will know.
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It will probably be necessary to wait because prior information would pre-empt the inquest. I suppose it might be possible to obtain a transcript of the inquest, but I wouldn't know how to go about it myself.
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It may get a health and safety investigation due to a death.
Let's hope the insurance company doesn't try and wriggle out of it by saying we were not aware of the tank!
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Been told by a friend of the deceased he was 23 and it was a wydale tank strapped in using straps. That's all i know.
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MY thoughts for Family and Friends of these poor guy
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http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/man-in-his-20s-dies-in-a1067-collision-1-5277880
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Been told by a friend of the deceased he was 23 and it was a wydale tank strapped in using straps. That's all i know.
Terrible news.
:'(