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Window cleaner accident - Apple store sydney 29-Aug-2016 At 10:06:46 PM Martym
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On 27/08/2016 rodw wrote:
>On 26/08/2016 martym wrote:
>>But if the junior was building the anchors, why did the boss clip and
>>not the junior? Sounds like terrible lack of procedures.
>
>Sounds like simple human error to me..do the same task hundreds of time
>a year you get blase about it..and thats what happened here..view anything
>in isolation you can see a cause but really I reckon no one follows the
>exact correct procedures every time they rope up no matter how anal you
>are....just in this case the error wasn't spotted and shit happened.

But isn't that what OH&S is supposed to be for? Don't we live in a nanny state in which you can't jump off a building without having someone double check & triple check each sling & biner?

As someone who often walks under window cleaners (jealously eyeing off their fancy gear) I am selfishly concerned ...also for their well-being. Of all the random people in the city, window cleaners are closest to climbing-kin.

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