Drone rescues cleaner trapped on scaffold

An Asian window cleaner who was trapped on a broken scaffold atop the 10th floor of a high-rise on Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street in Abu Dhabi, was on Tuesday successfully rescued  by the Security Media Department’s wireless remote-controlled drone.

After calming the panicked worker who had attempted to abandon the scaffold and cling to a window for fear of falling, the drone detected the technical malfunction of the scaffold and utilised audio-visual monitoring to instruct the worker on how to repair the malfunction himself.

No sooner than the Operations Room of the Abu Dhabi Police (ADP) received an emergency call about the window cleaner stuck in a broken scaffold on the high-rise than teams of the Civil Defense Department, the Emergency and Safety Department, patrols, the Security Media drone, and an ambulance immediately rushed to the scene.

The teams evacuated the surrounding areas to ensure safety of pedestrians in the event that the crane or any of its parts should fall.

Then the Security Media drone accurately detected and fixed the malfunction, rescuing the window cleaner. On-site medical tests were conducted and the man was found to be in good health.

The ADP urges maintenance and contracting companies to observe security and safety procedures and to ensure the quality of the equipment, most particularly the scaffolding.

In addition to ensuring the quality, companies should also perform routine maintenance in order to ensure the safety and the lives of workers and bystanders, and train their employees on how to handle any possible malfunction.

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