‘Rope technician’ hanging from Melbourne skyrise realises glass window he’s installing is TOO BIG 

Terrifying moment worker hanging hundreds of metres in the air from a Melbourne skyrise realises the glass window he’s installing is TOO BIG

  • A GoPro captured footage of the men hanging from the building in Melbourne
  • One of the men could be heard yelling that the panel was 300mm too big
  • The heart stopping video has been viewed more than 106,00 times on TikTok

Heart-stopping video has been taken showing rope access technicians dangling hundreds of meters in the air from a Melbourne skyrise, only to realise the glass window they’re installing doesn’t fit.

A GoPro captured footage of two workers hanging from the building by ropes while laying down the panels.

‘When you are installing glass panels and and the ground guys don’t check the size of the panel they give you. This is why I have trust issues,’ the TikTok video was captioned. 

A GoPro captured footage of two workers hanging from the building by ropes while laying down the panels

The man suspended slightly lower than the worker taking the video could be heard yelling that the panel was too big.

‘It’s miles off. It’s like 300 [mm] off,’ he said in frustration. 

‘This panel’s too big then,’ his coworker responded.

‘F**k sake! The panel’s too big, no bulls**t.’

The video has been viewed more than 106,00 times, with hundreds of TikTok users commenting that they felt anxious just watching the hair-raising footage.

‘This makes my anxiety go way up,’ one person commented.

‘My palms are sweaty,’ wrote another. 

The video has been viewed more than 106,00 times, with hundreds of TikTok users commenting saying they felt anxious just watching the hair-raising footage

The video has been viewed more than 106,00 times, with hundreds of TikTok users commenting saying they felt anxious just watching the hair-raising footage