Hi guys
I've been using this site for many years now and have gotten a wealth off information from use.
This is the first time I've posted something as I think it's an important topic.
One of my lads was doing a small commercial job the other day, he arrived on site met the client gave a quote and was given the go ahead to do the job walk around the building and filled in a risk assessment and method statement at witch point he was told there was a live wire running from the building. This led like me has over 25 years experience in window cleaning and has never had this happen too him. As he was cleaning the windows he decided to try and manoeuvre the pole underneath the wire instead of dropping a section or two down at witch point he made contact with it. Luckily for him he had the insulated section on his gardiner pole and no injuries were caused. But the pole did explode and catch fire. If he had not had this section on, he would most likely have been killed.
So this is just a quick warning to all other window cleaners as from time to time we do get complicated about safety and the importance of working around power lines
Kind Regards, John
I've been using this site for many years now and have gotten a wealth off information from use.
This is the first time I've posted something as I think it's an important topic.
One of my lads was doing a small commercial job the other day, he arrived on site met the client gave a quote and was given the go ahead to do the job walk around the building and filled in a risk assessment and method statement at witch point he was told there was a live wire running from the building. This led like me has over 25 years experience in window cleaning and has never had this happen too him. As he was cleaning the windows he decided to try and manoeuvre the pole underneath the wire instead of dropping a section or two down at witch point he made contact with it. Luckily for him he had the insulated section on his gardiner pole and no injuries were caused. But the pole did explode and catch fire. If he had not had this section on, he would most likely have been killed.
So this is just a quick warning to all other window cleaners as from time to time we do get complicated about safety and the importance of working around power lines
Kind Regards, John