City Electric Maintenance Worker Electrocuted While Installing Lines for Security Cameras – Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Lincoln, Jennifer E. ; Romano, Nancy T. ; Stefanick, Melanie L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  On June 17, 2019, a 48-year-old city electric maintenance worker was electrocuted, while installing lines for security cameras along a residential area cul-de-sac. The electric maintenance worker arrived at the city workshop at 7 am and was instructed to install approximately 2,000 feet of triplex service wire on the light poles along a residential street for police surveillance cameras.
• Subjects:
  Electric Injuries Electricity Hazardous Substances Maintenance Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Electrical Power Transmission Lines Electrical Workers Electrocutions Equipment Operation Hazard Recognition Injuries Injury Prevention Lockout Tagout Maintenance Workers OSHA Region 5 Recommendations Safety Practices Traumatic Injuries Utility Workers

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Electrocution
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE201901
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  19 pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063395
• Citation:
  Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  81 - Other Services (except Public Administration) - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2019/06/17
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f09a9266030656bba0374466602f5daa48d467e753ec91860d1c99f0a2cec506318e31beb1a43798615b5a9c0e975f27c2112a1e1710e91021ca206f11cedbd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167243/cdc_167243_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB ]