Window cleaners escape death in freak accident

One of the workers being treated following the fall

KUALA LUMPUR: Two Bangladeshi workers were injured after the suspended platform they were on plunged to the ground near a bank on Jalan Ampang.

City Fire and Rescue Department chief operations officer Samsol Maarif Saibani said the incident occurred at approximately 12.30pm Wednesday, but that a distress call was only received an hour later from a passer-by.

"We dispatched firemen from the Keramat fire and rescue department to the scene.

"By the time we arrived, the two Bangladeshi workers had already been sent to the hospital by an ambulance," he added.

Samsol said that the platform was typically used for window washing purposes.

The height from which it fell was not revealed.

City Fire and Rescue Department director Khiruddin Drahman said the impact of the fall was minimal and it was being investigated by the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH).