Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170066195 - Employee injured in fall when guardrail gives way

Accident Summary Nr: 170066195 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 03/17/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127375590	03/17/1997	8741	0	Larmar Corporation

Abstract: 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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127375590			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Management related occupations, n.e.c.

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