Preventing Electrocutions of Workers in Fast Food Restaurants

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A NIOSH alert bulletin on the prevention of electrocutions of workers in fast food restaurants (SIC-5812) is presented. The alert was prompted by the electrocution of an 18 year old male in a fast food restaurant while on the job, on June 30, 1984. The worker was electrocuted while kneeling to insert the plug of a portable electric toaster into a 110 to 120 Volt/20 amp outlet on a floor that had recently been damp mopped. The specific events that resulted in the electrocution could not be precisely determined. NIOSH investigators concluded, however, that while the victim was inserting the plug of the toaster into the receptacle with his right hand and holding open the grounded metal receptacle cover with his left hand, the index finger of his right hand touched an energized prong of the plug and he received an electrical shock across the chest. Recommendations for eliminating electrical hazards in kitchens of commercial restaurants are given. They include designing plugs and receptacles so that energization does not occur until insertion is complete, constructing exposed receptacle boxes out of nonconductive materials, and training all workers in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Burns, Electric Electricity Food Industry Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Resaurants Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Electric-properties; Work-environment; Work-analysis; Electric-power-generation; Work-operations; Workers; Pulmonary-clearance; Pulmonary-congestion; Pulmonary-function
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 85-104, 1984 Dec; :1-5
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00148169
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-244598
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  5812 - Eating places - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6655dff8f83f80a494cd64d03b810945df2655983a972c093d49ebb4f13fe658556780cda549836057aa999d23401c0816ff1247db7fd40c11efac131dba0e11
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120119/cdc_120119_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 148.02 KB ]