On June 8, 2005, two window washers were working on a four storey building in Burlington, Massachusetts. While Jose Camara, 46, stayed on the roof and tended the rolling outrigger suspension support unit, Carlos Lopez, 33, was lowered to the windows below. Suddenly, the unit moved. It rolled across the rooftop and over the edge. As it fell down the side of the building, the unit struck Carlos and pulled both workers 50 feet to the ground below. Carlos was seriously injured; Jose was killed. WHAT WENT WRONG? According to OSHA's investigators, several things:

• The outrigger unit wasn't tied to a […]

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