Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170843973 - Employee's leg fractured in fall through wire rope midrail

Accident Summary Nr: 170843973 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 07/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125597864	07/12/2000	1791	0	C.E. Toland

Abstract: Employee #1 was hoisting a welding lead up an elevator shaft at a hospital under construction. He was on his knees leaning over a wire rope midrail to pull up the lead from the first to the second floor. The weight of his upper body pressed against the wire rope rail, and he fell, fracturing both bones in his lower right leg. The perimeter wire rope ran through holes in angle iron posts and was secured back with cable clamps. The midrail at the south end was secured with only one cable clamp, which was not set tight enough to support Employee #1's weight.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, PERIMETER GUARDING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, MIDRAIL, ELEVATOR SHAFT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125597864			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Elevator installers and repairers

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