Self-Employed Massachusetts Electrician Dies During Electrical Connection of Equipment

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  On Monday, June 21, 1993 a 32 year old, male, self-employed electrician was electrocuted while connecting a hydraulic press brake at a Massachusetts manufacturer of steel toxic waste containers. Apparently believing that the circuit was de-energized, as he had left it before his break, the victim cut through the taped end of a cable with insulated wire shears. The victim became energized and yelled to his father who was working with him to shut off the breaker. The victim's father turned the breaker off, and the victim collapsed to the floor. Emergency medical services responded within minutes and transported the victim to a regional hospital, where he was officially pronounced dead less than one hour later. To prevent similar future occurrences, the Massachusetts FACE Project recommends that electrical contractors: 1. Ensure that lockout and tagout procedures are followed when servicing machines and equipment or working on electrical circuitry. 2. Develop written safety rules and procedures to protect their employees and themselves on the job, including but not limited to lockout tagout procedures. In addition, employers should: 3. Ensure that lockout tagout procedures are followed by electrical contractors performing repair or maintenance work on their premises.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Electric Injuries Electricity Maintenance Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Electric-properties Electrical-hazards Electrical-industry Electrical-properties Electrical-safety Electrical-workers Electrocutions Injuries Injury-prevention Maintenance-workers OSHA Region 1 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Electrocution
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE93MA009
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028405
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2012-112956
• 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 93MA009, 1994 Apr ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1992/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e43e4f993e621f36622c0fd55ea41fca9cb5ec6353f5aa9f6623c407eb2aed79c4961819dcfecf9f6095c12c1952b73e6650c876905dd3f28dbed6c77c0be9db
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166661/cdc_166661_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 17.03 KB ]