‘Ignorant and fearless’: video of women cleaning 11th-floor windows with no safety harnesses shocks Chinese internet
- Two women filmed cleaning high-rise windows without any safety gear start work safety debate after video goes viral
- A stunned neighbour who saw the pair cleaning while holding window frames says he was terrified they would fall
Two women in northeastern China filmed cleaning windows outside an 11th-floor flat without safety harnesses have renewed debate on workplace safety in a country where deaths from falls remain common.
The viral video taken by a neighbour in an opposite building in Songyuan, Jilin province, showed the women standing on a windowsill wearing aprons and face masks and no safety equipment, media outlet Farmer Channel reported.
One of the women was filmed completely outside the building, using one hand to clean and the other to hold the window frame to avoid falling to the street below.
“They are not even equipped with any safety harnesses. They are too audacious!” The unidentified neighbour exclaimed in the video.
The neighbour said the sight of the two women without any safety gear was concerning and caused him to, “break out into a cold sweat”.