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Out-of-State Electrician Electrocuted While Restoring Service at a Personal Residence
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2011/09/08
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Description:On a late summer day in 2008, a 29 year-old male lineman (decedent) was electrocuted while restoring service to a residence. The lineman and three other (out-of-state) employees assisted a local Kentucky power company in restoring power due to outages because of a severe wind storm. The decedent was wearing insulated electrical gloves and sleeves. He was working in an elevated bucket on a live 110 V line when he came in contact with a live wire. A witness saw the decedent shake and slump down in the bucket. The crew brought the bucket to the ground and removed the decedent from the bucket and began to administer first aid. Emergency medical services were contacted. They arrived and transported the decedent to the nearest trauma hospital where he was pronounced dead. To prevent future occurrences of similar incidents, the following recommendations have been made: Recommendation No. 1: Power should be shut-off power at the breakers during service restoration. Recommendation No. 2: Personal protective equipment testing should be performed on a regular schedule. Recommendation No. 3: Insulated gloves and sleeves should be field tested prior to each use.
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Pages in Document:1-5
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NIOSHTIC Number:nn:20040300
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NTIS Accession Number:PB2012-104733
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Citation:Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 08KY065, 2011 Sep;:1-5;
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Federal Fiscal Year:2011
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Performing Organization:University of Kentucky
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Start Date:2005/07/01
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End Date:2026/06/30
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