18-Year-Old Electrician’s Apprentice Electrocuted in North Carolina: FACE 86-08

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A fatal accident circumstances and epidemiology (FACE) report on an electrocution in North Carolina was presented. The report was part of the NIOSH FACE project to collect data on electricity or confined space/related accidents involving fatalities. On October 28, 1985, an 18 year old electrician's apprentice was relocating overhead junction boxes for a lighting system in a newly constructed industrial park complex. The victim, standing on a fiberglass ladder, had just completed connecting a 227 Volt energized system when he came in contact with the non insulated wires. He descended the ladder, took three steps, and collapsed. The supervisor and coworkers began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The victim could not be revived. A burn wound on the victim's index finger suggested point of entry. The victim had been employed by the company for approximately 3 weeks. He had received no previous electrical training, and on the job training was very limited. Recommendations include not performing work on energized systems, developing a written safety program, and determining the capabilities of employees prior to job assignment.
• Content Notes:
  Publication date provided by the authoring office. There is no publication date indicated on the resource.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Burns Construction Industry Electric Injuries Electricity Epidemiology Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-statistics Construction-Search Electrical-industry Electrical-shock FACE-86-08 Health-services OSHA Region 4 Training Workplace-studies
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Electrocution
• 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/NIOSHFACE8608
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  2 pages
• Volume:
  1986
• Issue:
  08
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00157584
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-223641
• 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 86-08, 1985 Nov ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1985/10/28
• Resource Number:
  FACE 86-08
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1a2a0bf9c9411f91025e1e08fe44742d9a2065a8d75a8333d760de0944fb8896010ab97b1d22facac7944ac54a1b61cbef48532b66ee4c5183c53d451961fb2e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164553/cdc_164553_DS1.pdf
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