Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170066195 - Employee Injured In Fall When Guardrail Gives Way
Accident: 170066195 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 03/17/1997 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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127375590 | 03/17/1997 | 8741 | Larmar Corporation | ||||
Employee #1 was the construction manager at a site where multi-family townhouses were under construction. He was inspecting work done on the second floor by a subcontractor over the weekend. The subcontractor had removed the existing guardrails, and then replaced them by securing them to a piece of trim board. Employee #1 was leaning against the top guardrail when it gave way and he fell 12 ft 6 in. onto the compacted ground. He suffered two broken collarbones. The employer had not trained Employee #1 in the inspection of guardrail systems. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, guardrail, work rules, collarbone, equipment failure, fall, fall protection, untrained
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 127375590 | Hospitalized injury | Dislocation | Management related occupations, n.e.c. |