A window cleaner was working from a boatswain's chair, a device used for working at heights. He apparently got off the chair to clean the entire seventh floor windows along a catwalk. Because he did not have an extension pole long enough to reach the tops of the windows, he apparently stood on the guard rail – while disconnected from his safety line. He successfully cleaned four windows, but on attempting to clean the fifth one, he slipped or lost his balance, falling to his death. After his death it was also found that his blood contained toxic amounts of codeine. Several […]

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