Worker falls off building at University of Alaska campus

Posted: Sunday, September 21, 2014 11:53 pm | Updated: 7:31 am, Mon Sep 22, 2014.

Worker falls off building at University of Alaska campus By Weston Morrow wmorrow@newsminer.com newsminer.com

FAIRBANKS A window washer working on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus fell several stories from the side of the Elvey Building on Friday afternoon.

The man, whose name has not been released, was cleaning windows on the exterior of the building when he fell from his post about 2:15 p.m. Friday. The University police and fire departments responded to the incident. When paramedics arrived on scene the man was conscious and able to talk with first responders, according to Capt. Forrest Kuiper with the University Fire Department.

The man told paramedics he had been cleaning windows on the third story of the building when he fell, Kuiper said.

There was nothing visible that showed where he was working at all, so that was based just on what he told us, Kuiper said.

Paramedics put the man on a backboard and transported him to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. His injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, according to Kuiper.

University spokesperson Marmian Grimes said she did not have information on the victim. Window washers are contracted workers and not university employees.

The Elvey Building is seven stories tall and can be recognized by the large satellite-tracking dish antenna on its roof. It houses the UAF Geophysical Institute.

Contact staff writer Weston Morrowat 459-7520. Follow him on Twitter:@FDNMschools.

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