Two Electrocuted on Farm in Georgia: FACE 86-07

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A fatal accident circumstances and epidemiology (FACE) report describing an accident involving electrocutions in Georgia 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 14, 1985, five farm workers were in the process of moving a portable grain auger when it contacted a 7,200 Volt power line. Two workmen, 30 and 39 years old, were electrocuted and the other three were injured. The three workers who survived the incident were wearing new rubber sole shoes. The two workmen who were killed were wearing leather shoes in poor condition. No autopsies were performed. The cause of death of both victims was listed as electrocution. The farm operator had no written safety policy. Safety was left up to the common sense of the farm workers. The author recommends that employers identify safety hazards that may be encountered on the farm and emphasize safe movement of farm equipment, especially when moving it under power lines.
• Content Notes:
  Publication date provided by the authoring office. There is no publication date indicated on the resource.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Agriculture
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electricity
  • Farmers
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Occupational Health
  • Protective Clothing
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Agricultural-industry
  • OSHA Region 4
  • Safety-research
  • Farmers
  • Hazards
  • Work-clothing
  • Accident-statistics
  • Health-services
  • Analytical-methods
  • FACE-86-07
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  All ; Agriculture ; 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/NIOSHFACE8607
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; 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 pdf pages
• Volume:
  1986
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00157546
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-225000
• 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 86-07, 1985 Nov ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS 2022)
• Start Date:
  1985/10/14
• Resource Number:
  FACE 86-07
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164573/cdc_164573_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 189.44 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a3c6a16ad38ce24e4123b5946a1016493b27bad234cec24f52ac29b07970c746622d043d51bf74dd17defefcbf333de9234e313142e102549b8cf448f411b664