Dairy Farmer Electrocuted when the Grain Auger He was Relocating Contacts 7200 Volt Power Line in Colorado.

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• Personal Author:
  McKenzie, Lyle E.
• Corporate Authors:
  Colorado Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Colorado FACE) ; Colorado. Department of Public Health and Environment
• Description:
  A male, age 51, dairy farm owner was electrocuted when the grain auger he was moving came into contact with a 7200 volt power line. The victim was relocating a 41 foot grain auger from one storage bin to another when the elevated end contacted the overhead service line. The victim was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The Colorado Department of Health investigator concluded that, to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Survey the work site to identify hazards, especially those posed by the locations of overhead electrical lines. All employees should then be informed of the possible hazards and encouraged to report any unsafe work conditions at any work site. 2. Lower the grain auger to a horizontal position prior to movement. 3. Inspect equipment prior to usage to determine any faulty components and repair any unserviceable items prior to utilization. 4. Affix safety signs onto the equipment to warn the user of potential hazards of moving the equipment in an upright position. 5. Provide and require the use of personal protective equipment appropriate to the task when all feasible methods of hazard removal have failed.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Electric Injuries Electricity Farmers Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Electric-properties Electrical-hazards Electrical-properties Electrical-safety Electrocutions Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 8 Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture ; Electrocution
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE90CO042
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028545
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2009-108994
• 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 90CO042, 1991 Feb ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1992/09/30
• End Date:
  1997/09/29
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dafbb022c4ac18f6328221e4473f3ca70bca210e22e74d0ed3e05920c54028c9cd6bdd4010252ef102f8f49aa480928ce1a91d28b5ef5343368666555d4c6ffe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166560/cdc_166560_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.20 KB ]