[Paddy Woods]

had a fall today  customer preferred it done trad way 1st house a bit sleepy & put ladder up & did window over front door & in a flash it slid back(i rec a bit of ice on drive) ,i fell like a sack of spuds but lucky didnt break anything but i felt in bits with cuts on hands legs & feet
Ive learn my lesson,from now on i tell custy's the way i do the job or else get someone else 

[davids3511]

Jeez, lucky you. Glad your ok. What did the custy have to say?

[Blue Frog Systems]

Glad your ok mate, tell the custy what happened and how you will do it from now on

[Londoner]

Did you have to go home and change your underpants?

[TomCrowther]

It's the best thing that could happen to you Pod. Your not hurt but have learn't a very valuable lesson, don't let the customer put your life or livelyhood at risk.
They don't give two hoots about you, they just want it done how they want it. Similar thing happened to me in Jan 2010 and I don't take the risks now.

[Paddy Woods]

No,no change in underwear  but I was shaken up I couldn't believe the speed I fell !it was a little porch over front door & just marks on gutter,cushy wasn't in which was good i suppose as i could come round in peace,but shins got most of the hit as stayd on ladder till near end of fall...how easy to b out of work for months just to please custy's who don't really worry to much about our livelihood,happened to any of you guys ??

[StockClean]

I had a close call when i first started up using ladders, most down to me not paying attention to what i was doing.

[dave f]

WFP. ENOUGH ONLY SAID

[bobby p]

i had a ladder slide out this time last year . as you say, its so quick theres no time to react and its really in the lap of the gods as to how you land

 i had bruised feet and shins for a fortnight and still have lumps on my shin bones where they almost broke but then knitted back together

[GB Window Cleaning]

once upon a time i too slipped on a ladder, then i went full time wfp. The End. 

[Paddy Woods]

Yes gb 100% u say full time! I Was 80% to please some people  I wonder how many of the 20% would have paid me not doing their windows if I had broken legs ??
There was a slope on this drive but no grass to fall on maybe that's why so sore but thankfully I didn't go through rungs etc

[George P]

had a fall today   customer preferred it done trad way



exactly like my mate, didnt want to lose the customer, glad your ok, he was lucky too, his brother broke his fall, a couple of inches across and he would have been over a wall with legs one side an head ther other  - definatly a recipe for a broken back, all to try and help the customer, please remember we know our job better than the customer and its our desicion and  not thieres on what way we see as best,

[Jimmy Jon]

Get one of these ladder stability devices - one of the best safety gadgets i've ever bought - highly recommended if you use ladders all day or just for 5 minutes

http://www.hobuk.co.uk/acatalog/Titan-Base-Mate.html

hope your ok! 

[Window Washers]

Yes gb 100% u say full time! I Was 80% to please some people  I wonder how many of the 20% would have paid me not doing their windows if I had broken legs ??
There was a slope on this drive but no grass to fall on maybe that's why so sore but thankfully I didn't go through rungs etc

dude, dont let customers dictate your business to you, tell them what you do 'simples' if they dont like it, find someone else, there are way more customers than there are window cleaners.

[Scrimble]

Get one of these ladder stability devices - one of the best safety gadgets i've ever bought - highly recommended if you use ladders all day or just for 5 minutes

http://www.hobuk.co.uk/acatalog/Titan-Base-Mate.html

hope your ok! 

thats not gonna stop the ladder from slipping,

you should decide the method of cleaning the windows not the customer,

[richard jagger]

I law says if you have a safer method you by law must use it. And there is a safer method. I rest my case.

[EandM]

Went WFP six years ago for this very reason. Work very carefully now as at 42 I don't bounce as well as I used to. Went for a walk on Sunday, fell about seven feet over a stile and ended up in Hospital. On crutches now, nothing broken and hope to be back to work on Monday. Moral of the story:
 
WFP = Good
 
Too many things on your mind and Time & Unforseen Occurance = Bad

 

[Paul Coleman]

No,no change in underwear  but I was shaken up I couldn't believe the speed I fell !it was a little porch over front door & just marks on gutter,cushy wasn't in which was good i suppose as i could come round in peace,but shins got most of the hit as stayd on ladder till near end of fall...how easy to b out of work for months just to please custy's who don't really worry to much about our livelihood,happened to any of you guys ??

I had a couple of near misses quite a while before getting WFP.  It's astonishing how quickly it can slip away.  I do know a (former) windy who ended up retiring in his early 40s due to a head injury coming off a ladder  It happened half a mile from where I live.  I didn't see it but apparently he was lucky to live as the blood from a head wound ran into the gutter.  He carried on after making a sort of recovery but it slowed him down mentally and physically.  His speech became very slow.  He eventually quit.
I had a potential customer who insisted on trad as she wanted me to make sure the sills were properly clean.  I immediately withdrew my quotation and declined to quote.  I told her why too.

[Avo]

I saw two young lads no more than 18yrs old cleaning a house last year... one was on the ground floor windows and his mate was on the above window with the ladder extended over the lower roof.. Next thing I hear is the ladders banging and as I looked round i see him falling off the lower roof trying to grab something to stop the fall he grabs the gutter and rips it straight off (no joke) he gets up dusts himself off and carried on.

[H S and Son]

Went WFP six years ago for this very reason. Work very carefully now as at 42 I don't bounce as well as I used to. Went for a walk on Sunday, fell about seven feet over a stile and ended up in Hospital. On crutches now, nothing broken and hope to be back to work on Monday. Moral of the story:
 
WFP = Good
 
Too many things on your mind and Time & Unforseen Occurance = Bad

 

A seven foot stile? Where were you, Bechers Brook?