New York: 2 Window Washers Killed in Fall

By Charlie Brett
13:38, August 6th 2008
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Tuesday, two window washers fell while they were working on a financial district building. According to The New York Times, authorities said that the two men were cousins Robert Fabrizio, 35, of Las Vegas, and Garin Fabrizio, 37, of Milford, Pa. A cherry picker holding two window washers tipped over, killing both men.

Police spokesman Detective John Sweeney informed that the terrible accident happened early Tuesday, at the World Financial Center. The men were 40 feet in the air when their cherry picker crashed.

They were working in a crane which tipped over somewhere around 1 a.m. Robert Fabrizio and Garin Fabrizio were transported to New York Downtown Hospital, where pronounced dead.

Investigators from the federal Occupational Safety and Heath Administration and the New York State Department of Labor were at the downtown site, in order to find out the cause of the crash.

“We're going to be looking at the equipment itself, the mechanical parts, talking to witnesses,” said Department of Labor spokesman Leo Rosales, according to the New York Post.

A worker from the site said that the cherry picker had been serviced last week because “it was leaking fluid but it was fixed.”

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the accident.



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