Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170826812 - Employee injured in fall when communications tower collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 170826812 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 06/10/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127368389	06/10/1996	1799	0	Maryland Tower Service, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were erecting a communications tower, for which Employee #1 had tied temporary guy lines. They were free climbing at a height of approximately 30 ft when, for some reason, the tower fell over. Both workers fell to the ground with the tower. Employee #1 sustained a dislocated right leg, a fractured hip, a dislocated knee, a broken right fibula and tibia, and a left heel fracture. His coworker suffered a broken T12 vertebra, and a fractured left ankle and heel. Both were wearing safety belts and were tied-off when the tower fell over. By the time the inspectors arrived, the temporary guy lines had been removed and placed in the truck.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COMMUNICATION TOWER, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, GUY, FALL, VERTEBRA, HIP, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127368389			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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