Window Washer Nyc Death

A window washer fell five stories to his death in manhattan tuesday afternoon.

Window washer nyc death. The unidentified man 56 was washing windows at the 12th floor when he fell landing in a courtyard. One would expect an occasional fatality in this occupation but our research indicates that whether a rope snaps or a slip and trip situation occurs more than 8 500 window washers are killed each day. The 51 year old victim was washing windows at 311 e. Midtown new york city wabc an investigation is underway after a window washer plunged to his death in midtown.

New york a study released monday by the department of labor found that every 10 seconds on average a window washer somewhere in the united states accidentally plummets to his or her death. A window washer who was leaning out a fifth floor apartment without a harness plunged to his death in tribeca tuesday afternoon in front of shocked onlookers cops said. When a window washer fell 47 stories from the roof of a manhattan skyscraper doctors said he was a complete disaster the 500 foot fall in 2008 instantly killed his brother edgar but alcides. Authorities say the 56 year old window washer fell from the 12th floor to the.

Near second ave a 14 story residential building when a brick was knocked loose around noon by the apparatus used to secure his scaffolding to. A manhattan window washer fell six stories to his death on monday after his harness broke.