Concrete Worker Electrocuted after Grabbing an Energized 440-Volt Conductor in Virginia: FACE 90-36

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A 21 year old male concrete worker was electrocuted at a precast concrete manufacturing facility when he climbed a steel column, stepped onto a steam pipe, and grabbed one phase of an energized three phase, 440 volt conductor that supplied electrical power to a wall crane. The employer was a manufacturer of precast concrete structures. On the day of the incident, the victim and two coworkers had just completed the form work for a box culvert. The victim and a coworker discussed moving the box culvert to the next work area. As the victim moved the overhead crane to assist in the move, two hoist cables became tangled around an I-beam supporting the runway of the wall crane. The victim dislodged one chain but then climbed a steel support column to free the other by hand. He stepped onto a steam pipe about 16 feet above the ground. He apparently reached out and grabbed the energized conductor. The current passed through the victim to the steel column ; he screamed, and then fell to the ground. The cause of death was electrocution. It is recommended that crane runway conductors be guarded to reduce the likelihood of contact ; that warning signs be affixed ; that workers follow crane manufacturer recommendations regarding the operation of overhead cranes ; and that a comprehensive safety program be developed and implemented.
• Content Notes:
  Publication date provided by the authoring office. There is no publication date indicated on the resource.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electricity
  • Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities
  • Occupational Health
  • Occupational Injuries
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 3
  • FACE-90-36
  • Accident-analysis
  • Electrical-hazards
  • Industrial-factory-workers
  • Occupational-accidents
  • Electrical-equipment
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House) ; Worker Deaths by Electrocution: NIOSH 2000-115 ; Worker Deaths by Electrocution: NIOSH 98-131
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE9036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Virginia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pages
• Volume:
  1990
• Issue:
  36
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00206145
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-184001
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 90-36, 1990 Dec ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1990/07/16
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164333/cdc_164333_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 285.84 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3d155874fdd7588cecd39a365887a3d7c48b22f496f591eee13da5f754941b212768ff7195769f222964be27d36308985d3021f8dab51a686474a0e20a86106e