Design principles for balcony railing plates
Implemented
Other accidents Y
Accident
2.2.2017
2017-S1
Recommendation
The Ministry of the Environment draws up regulations and instructions according to which non-transparent balcony railing structures have similar strength and shock-proof requirements as glass structures. A balcony railing must withstand a person falling against it.
Investigation report
Y2016-02 A woman’s fall through a balcony railing board in Lahti on 15 June 2016