[Blackbushe Windows]

Ladder safety is a very important issue.

Sensible posts above give all the advice you need, plus - never be complacent!!


Peter

[Blackbushe Windows]

By the way Mr Bungalow

Welcome to the forum.

Ask freely - good advice will be given. (Mostly)

Peter

[Jake]

And Jake, don't be stupid. I know somebody who died when he fell of the curb. I think he broke his neck or smashed his skull, been years can't remember. That's less then a foot mate. 8 foot is plenty to be lethally wounded. Ain't got nothing to do with being a wuss

Not being stupid mate, just having a grin, I would'nt have joked if the guy was badly hurt, lighten up a bit

[windowwashers]

I lightly sprained my left wrist the other day stopping myself from falling from a great height (8 feet) due to ladders slipping from beneath me.

Can anyone give me a few tips?

Thanx.

Mr B,

you you notice that many of us clean using wfp, some changed because of this forum, other beaacsue they wanted to and others because they had to.

If you want to stay trad, keep posting there is loads of people that have done it for years, me included.

I hope your ok with the fall could well be a walk up call, your body is not made of iron and thank god you was low down and only got i minor injury 

Ian

p.s Welcome to Clean it up 

[bluez]

How do you take it seriously, Mr. Bungalow, falling from 8 ft for gods sake chill out a bit.

I hope he hasn't spent a fortune getting business cards done up " Mr. Bungalow...window cleaner" "no job too high(so long as it's no more than  one storey)"







 

[jikwan]

jake
myself. i think we just got to have a laugh  wit   jokes   humour
but not about this

it might happen.......

jake falls 6ft onto his back direct
hospitalized 4 months   2 years waiting list for spine operation
cant work   tries to   but its too much
gets behind mortgage payments
wife dont like the situation much and leaves you....... to watch television
what else can you do

[Gerry Styles]

I agree it's not funny.

Check this link from HSE

http://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/ebulletin/index.htm?ebul=hsegen/28-jan-2008&cr=2

(It's not the fall thats the problem, its the landing)

[Jake]

it might happen.......

jake falls 6ft onto his back direct
hospitalized 4 months   2 years waiting list for spine operation
cant work   tries to   but its too much
gets behind mortgage payments
wife dont like the situation much and leaves you....... to watch television
what else can you do

Jikwan

You don't know how near the truth that is mate !!!

In Aug 1999, I fell 18ft and fractured my spine. After a small stay in hospital, I took nearly a year to recover and I never went back to the building trade again (after 30 years !).

I of course got in deep debt, and I still am 'blacklisted'.

But glad to say, my wife never left me !!

I do sympathise with anyone who has had a nasty fall, but my considerable experience in falling off ladders hasn't diminished my sense of humour!

Regards..........Jake Dillon

[jikwan]

jake
i appreciate your relating your fall
sometimes i feel i got to blast those that dont take safety seriously

[xxmattyxx]

Regarding falling off ladders, I ALWAYS have used a stand-off, one of those appliances you fix to the top of a ladder that can sat on the upper window-sill of a property. It saved me over nearly a 10 year period probably 6 times or so. Also fantastic for doing gutter cleaning and fascia cleaning as it brings you out away from the property. Everyone seems to recommend ladder-stops (apart from WFP) but these stand-offs are allow invaluable.

In 1998 I fell off a ladder (because I didnt know what I was doing. Yes!! I tried to shifty the ladder along a window-sill by bouncing it along when I was 10 feet off the ground  ) and broke my right leg in 2 places, well my heel and the lower tibia split along its length from bottom up.

Anyway, Im WFP now 

[Jake]

jake
i appreciate your relating your fall
sometimes i feel i got to blast those that dont take safety seriously

No problem mate. Of course I agree that our health & safety is a serious matter, and should be on our midns every time we go up and down a ladder.

Mr Bungalow, glad to hear you didn't come to too much harm, but it is a lesson learned. Be safe !!

A couple of tips : We used 'ladder mate', 4 rubber pads on a ring, great for 'leveling' up a ladder and brilliant as a non slip mat, recommended.

Don't matter how experienced you are, avoid resting ladder on a sill, if you do, you will slide one day, it's inevitable!

A ladder is a great tool, no doubt about it, just treat it and yourself with respect and you'll be fine, have a safe day.

Regards........Jake Dillon