Resident Caretaker Dies from Electrocution

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• Corporate Authors:
  Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE) ; Minnesota. Department of Health
• Description:
  A 27-year-old resident caretaker (victim) of an apartment building was electrocuted along with two juvenile helpers when a mobile scaffold he was moving made contact with an overhead 7200V power line. He was moving the scaffold to a location where he planned to repair a portion of the building's soffit. According to an employer representative, this job was not part of usual resident caretaker responsibilities. Caretakers who possessed applicable skills could bid to do other jobs around the apartment buildings, such as repair work or painting, when they became available. The victim had bid and been awarded this particular job. MN FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar occurrences, the following guidelines should be followed: 1. employers should initiate a safety policy that addresses specific tasks performed by employees, identifies safety hazards, and stresses safety training
  
  and 2. formal training regarding the hazards posed by overhead power lines should be given to all employees who work near these lines.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Construction Industry Electric Injuries Electricity Maintenance Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Age-factors Electrocutions Injuries Injury-prevention Maintenance-workers OSHA Region 5 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Scaffolds Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Electrocution
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE92MN011
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027362
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2012-112907
• 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 92MN011, 1992 Nov ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Performing Organization:
  Minnesota Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  53 - Real Estate and Rental and Leasing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bf3c175340a0881213a7171bbf1025ec63acfbfa50552166fb26b3eb922c3fb434b371bb8186f8e7d963426d285b8bbfc20b513f8dd90bbd9195428465022087
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167233/cdc_167233_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 13.23 KB ]