Laborer Electrocuted When He Contacts 4160-volt Power Line on Rooftop

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE8937

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Laborer Electrocuted When He Contacts 4160-volt Power Line on Rooftop

1989/09/18
By National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Description:

A 21 year old male laborer was electrocuted when his hand contacted a 4160 volt power service line. The employer was a painting contractor in operation for 15 years with 50 employees. The victim was a general laborer doing sandblasting who had been employed with the company for 1 month. The company had no written safety policy. At the time of the accident the victim was sandblasting air conditioning units at a large textile manufacturing company. The painter was spray painting each unit after it had been sandblasted. The victim finished blasting one of the units and was told to break for lunch. He removed his dust/mist respirator, sandblasting hood, and leather gloves and entered the power enclosure either by climbing over the fence or by walking around on the parapet wall, sitting down on the roof under the power line. His left hand contacted one of the energized power line conductors and he was electrocuted. It was recommended that electrical installations be adequately guarded to prevent unauthorized access, and that the employer develop a safety program designed to recognize and control hazards.
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Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Construction-Search Electric-power-transmission-lines Electrical-hazards FACE-89-37 OSHA Region 4 Painters Safety-practices Sand-blasters
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Electrocution (0006)

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Electrocution (0006) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE8937
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

South Carolina ; OSHA Region 4

South Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 Less -
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
NIOSHTIC Number:

00199101
NTIS Accession Number:

PB91-217216
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 89-37, 1989 Sep; :1-6
Federal Fiscal Year:

1989
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1989/06/01
Resource Number:

FACE-89-37
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

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urn:sha-512:1d0521f385c044354c0a32b5933ceea1bf6eea4d4879b63247eac32e9f5c5456c9842018b6940331d9e8c45ea56187ad917937f5bc42e6a5ba76aa0d3bd7f799
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