Electrician Electrocuted After Contacting Energized Conductor While Working From the Bucket of an Aerial Lift Truck–Virginia

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE9225

Advanced Search

Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.

Search our Collections & Repository

Advanced Search
Custom Query

All these words:

For very narrow results

This exact word or phrase:

When looking for a specific result

Any of these words:

Best used for discovery & interchangable words

None of these words:

Recommended to be used in conjunction with other fields

Language:

Dates

Publication Date Range:

to

Document Data

Title:

Document Type:

Library

Collection:

Series:

People

Author:

Clear All

Query Builder

Query box

Clear All

For additional assistance using the Custom Query please check out our Help Page

i

Electrician Electrocuted After Contacting Energized Conductor While Working From the Bucket of an Aerial Lift Truck–Virginia

[PDF-267.23 KB]

English

Details You May Also Like

Details:

Corporate Authors:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
Description:

A 46-year-old male electrician was electrocuted when he contacted an energized powerline while working from the bucket of an aerial lift truck. He had been employed for 17 years by an electrical contracting company that employed ten workers. The company had no written safety or training programs. On the day of the accident two workers arrived at the site to continue replacing switches. From the bucket the victim used a hot stick to disconnect the jumper wire from the switch to the powerline. Without donning personal protective equipment or covering the powerlines with insulating line sleeves or blankets, he removed one of the bolts securing the switch to the crossarm. His coworker was on the ground speaking to the company owner. The victim either tried to reposition the bucket or to remove another bolt when he contacted the powerline. The owner and the coworker heard arcing and popping sounds and saw the victim slump down into the bucket. It was recommended that all personnel use appropriate protective equipment, and that safety programs be designed and implemented to enable workers to recognize and avoid hazards.
Subjects:

[+]

Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

[+]

Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Electric-power-transmission-lines Electrical-hazards Electrical-workers FACE-92-25 NIOSH Region-3 Safety-research
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Electrocution (0006)

All (0000) ; Electrocution (0006) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE9225
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Virginia
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:

3 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

212600
NTIS Accession Number:

PB93-184067
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:

1993
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1992/04/24
Source Full Name:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Resource Number:

FACE-92-25
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

[+]

urn:sha-512:5802950b8459258d1cae6fa86bc2b8ce32775ddad06c8c54acef4418ec81d79c09fbc2cce052c35ca936620b0fc43254ed6c51a9140af196622745c22b78f887
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167530/cdc_167530_DS1.pdf
File Type:

No Additional Files

More +

Electrician Electrocuted After Contacting Energized Conductor While Working From the Bucket of an Aerial Lift Truck–Virginia

Details:

Supporting Files

You May Also Like