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Safety Rope Saves Seattle Window Washer From Deadly Fall

How important are safety regulations when it comes to window washers and other Seattle workers? To one Washington State window washer, it was the difference between inevitable death from an 8-story fall and a minor injury to his pinky finger.

In downtown Seattle on Thursday, 34-year-old Eduardo Lozada lost his balance while washing windows and plummeted more than 80 feet, crashing into the buildings windows and screaming as he went down. Luckily, a safety rope caught the worker just inches before he hit the ground, saving his life from a potentially deadly fall accident. In the end, the man suffered a single broken finger, though he was shaken from the fall.

The Seattle fall accident was caught on tape by a nearby security camera, which shows the man saved by his rope right before impact. Surely, this accident and near-death experience illustrates well the importance of safety precautions and safety measures for window washers and other city workers who conduct their jobs at great heights. The absence of a proper harness or rope could be the difference between a minor injury and major trauma.

"I have to accept that it was my last moments, and when I let go of the ropes, I know I'm going to die. So in my mind and in my heart, I die for a minute, for seconds," Lozada said. I say, 'OK, this is the end.' I say, 'God, forgive me, and take me. Everything, all your life just came through your mind, and you're able to see everything at once."

The death rate for a three-story fall is 50%, and most do not survive falls of four stories or greater.

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