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Edge Clean

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Ladder Fall.
« on: September 15, 2020, 11:03:46 am »
Sorry to report but I have just been notified by my Son, that a lad he was working with today has taken a fall from his ladder from an upstairs window and is on way to hospital with head injuries, will keep you informed with developments.


Rob.Hall

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2020, 11:48:09 am »
Hope he is ok.
How is your son?

AuRavelling79

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2020, 12:17:08 pm »
So sorry to hear this. Please do keep us updated.
It's a game of three halves!

matty72

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2020, 01:06:08 pm »
All the best

zesty

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2020, 01:23:10 pm »
Hope the outcome is ok.

GeorgeP

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2020, 02:05:11 pm »
Hope he is okay, bet its knocked your son for 6

NWH

  • Posts: 16952
Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2020, 03:51:40 pm »
Fell off a few time’s years ago whilst working with ladders so did the guy that used to work for me,pure luck we got away with it many times 3 floors up the point of the ladder on a wafer thin bit of cement on the edge of the window.
If you think about it using ladders to clean windows these days is just madness when they are simply not needed,hope the guys ok.

tom20001

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2020, 04:08:47 pm »
Sorry to hear this. Hope all is ok..been there, done the 3 weeks in hospital after and much more complications after that. Not a nice thing at all

simon w

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2020, 05:27:33 pm »
Sorry to report but I have just been notified by my Son, that a lad he was working with today has taken a fall from his ladder from an upstairs window and is on way to hospital with head injuries, will keep you informed with developments.

Thanks mate

Edge Clean

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2020, 06:55:24 pm »
Update

The ambulance was called and on scene in minutes, the lad that fell landed face first onto the ground, his injuries are horrific, head and back, he has been transferred to another hospital and placed in an induced coma as he has bleeding on the brain, that's all I know for now.

I hope he pulls through and my thoughts go out to his family at this time.

This has really shaken my son up as we mainly work trad, although we have WFP for our own business.

My lad was working with this company as he had just sold them some customers in an area they both had work, he was only supposed to be out with them yesterday, but the combined round pushed the work into a 2nd day.

He came home yesterday and the first thing he moaned to me about was the ladders they were using, flimsy ladders with plastic feet that were to short for jobs, my lad saying he had to put ladder on 2nd last rung to get enough height to do windows, he got a severe row off me for that as we never extend ladders over half way.

The reason we use trad is that when we moved back to the area and tried WFP, customers moaned as another WC had gave it a bad reputation, we took hundreds of jobs of this WFP cleaner, but as from tomorrow all customers on our rounds will now be done by wfp on tops and trad bottoms,  no excuses or their dumped.

I hope that other trad window cleaners wake up to the dangers of ladders once more of this incident comes to light and they move over to wfp.

Stay safe out there lads.

Tam

KS Cleaning

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2020, 07:16:24 pm »
Update

The ambulance was called and on scene in minutes, the lad that fell landed face first onto the ground, his injuries are horrific, head and back, he has been transferred to another hospital and placed in an induced coma as he has bleeding on the brain, that's all I know for now.

I hope he pulls through and my thoughts go out to his family at this time.

This has really shaken my son up as we mainly work trad, although we have WFP for our own business.

My lad was working with this company as he had just sold them some customers in an area they both had work, he was only supposed to be out with them yesterday, but the combined round pushed the work into a 2nd day.

He came home yesterday and the first thing he moaned to me about was the ladders they were using, flimsy ladders with plastic feet that were to short for jobs, my lad saying he had to put ladder on 2nd last rung to get enough height to do windows, he got a severe row off me for that as we never extend ladders over half way.

The reason we use trad is that when we moved back to the area and tried WFP, customers moaned as another WC had gave it a bad reputation, we took hundreds of jobs of this WFP cleaner, but as from tomorrow all customers on our rounds will now be done by wfp on tops and trad bottoms,  no excuses or their dumped.

I hope that other trad window cleaners wake up to the dangers of ladders once more of this incident comes to light and they move over to wfp.

Stay safe out there lads.

Tam
Hope the guy involved makes a speedy and full recovery.
Why didn’t you just tell your customers that it’s not the WFP that does a bad job, it’s the person operating it.

lal

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2020, 08:05:52 pm »

 I hope he pulls through this, poor fella.

Innocence & Experience

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2020, 08:09:46 pm »
That sounds horrific, poor lad, wishing him and his family well.

TomCrowther

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2020, 09:44:46 pm »
Poor bloke. I hope he’s not too bad.

dazmond

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2020, 11:03:49 pm »
Sounds horrific.....hope he s gonna be ok?.....I've fell off ladders twice and landed on my heels from first floor height(ladder slipped down the wall both times)....luckily I was fine apart from a sore ankle first time and a slightly sore lower back second time...I went for x ray came back fine.....very very lucky!
price higher/work harder!

dazmond

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #15 on: September 15, 2020, 11:06:52 pm »
Every customer who's doubted WFP I simply tell them not to pay me if their not happy with the clean once theyve dried......

I've never not been paid in 10+ years of WFP....
price higher/work harder!

NWH

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2020, 01:07:55 pm »
I’ve said the same over the years I like seeing their faces when they come up really well,really doubt it and then can’t believe that if you know what you’re doing and you’ve done the hours long course jobs a god”n” 🤣🤣🤣

NWH

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #17 on: September 16, 2020, 01:09:14 pm »
When they see the water steaming hot they know you mean business anyway  💪

swanson

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #18 on: September 16, 2020, 06:37:04 pm »
Wishing him a speedy recovery.

Ian Sheppard

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Re: Ladder Fall.
« Reply #19 on: September 17, 2020, 12:45:02 pm »
Update

The ambulance was called and on scene in minutes, the lad that fell landed face first onto the ground, his injuries are horrific, head and back, he has been transferred to another hospital and placed in an induced coma as he has bleeding on the brain, that's all I know for now.

I hope he pulls through and my thoughts go out to his family at this time.

This has really shaken my son up as we mainly work trad, although we have WFP for our own business.

My lad was working with this company as he had just sold them some customers in an area they both had work, he was only supposed to be out with them yesterday, but the combined round pushed the work into a 2nd day.

He came home yesterday and the first thing he moaned to me about was the ladders they were using, flimsy ladders with plastic feet that were to short for jobs, my lad saying he had to put ladder on 2nd last rung to get enough height to do windows, he got a severe row off me for that as we never extend ladders over half way.

The reason we use trad is that when we moved back to the area and tried WFP, customers moaned as another WC had gave it a bad reputation, we took hundreds of jobs of this WFP cleaner, but as from tomorrow all customers on our rounds will now be done by wfp on tops and trad bottoms,  no excuses or their dumped.

I hope that other trad window cleaners wake up to the dangers of ladders once more of this incident comes to light and they move over to wfp.

Stay safe out there lads.

Tam

So Sorry to hear of this fall, and the serious injuries. My thoughts to you and the chap concerned. Hopes for a good recovery
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