Scaffold Accidents

Window Washing

Shapiro Law Offices has a sincere appreciation and high regard for hardworking window washers who are seriously injured or killed as a result of falls while performing their jobs.   These courageous individuals are exposed to enormous dangers as a result of having to work at great heights.   All too often, window washers are not provided adequate safety devices, resulting in falls from the scaffolds.   There are special provisions in the Labor Law designed to protect the safety of window washers working on the exterior of buildings at elevated heights.   Each of the following devices has failed to adequately protect window washers, leading to serious injuries and deaths:

• swing-stage scaffold
• bosun’s chair
• boatswain’s chair
• roof roller
• sky genie
• scissor lift
• bucket in lift truck
• rope system
• extension ladder

While the majority of window washer accidents involve a scaffold system, no matter what device is being used, the law provides that it must be safe.   The failure of any device to properly protect a window washer is actionable.   Jason Shapiro, founder of Shapiro Law Offices, devotes a section in his textbook, The Lawyers’ Guide to Personal Injury Law, discussing the proper handling of accident cases involving window washers.