The dangers of cleaning windows comes very clear when the rigging fails and sending him smashing into the window.  Here is with the AP is reporting about it below.

Window Washer Crashes Through Window When Rigging Fails

By Brad James

Published on June 18, 2009 at 04:50PM

(SALT LAKE CITY)—A window washer was injured when his rope chair gave way and he swung 30 feet while crashing into a window. The man was working by himself Thursday and was lowering himself down from a five-story building when his rigging failed. He fell halfway down through the building and swung into and through a window. He was able to lower himself to the ground and workers in the area saw what happened and assisted him. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition with cuts to his head while officers have not released his name or that of the company for which he works. A 21-year old woman, sitting inside the building, was also injured. She suffered minor cuts from the shattered glass and was also treated and released at the scene.

The Salt Lake Tribune

Window washer crashes through window

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated: 06/18/2009 06:35:34 PM MDT

A window washer suffered serious lacerations to his head when he broke through a third-floor window he was washing Thursday afternoon at 370 E. South Temple, said Salt Lake City police spokeswoman Lara Jones. Shards of glass also fell into the lobby of the building, where a woman suffered minor cuts.

The washer managed to lower himself to the ground, Jones said. He was taken to a hospital and was expected to survive.

– Erin Alberty

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