Powerline Worker Electrocuted While Performing Maintenance on Overhead Powerline–Alaska

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE9212

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Powerline Worker Electrocuted While Performing Maintenance on Overhead Powerline–Alaska

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

The case of a 37-year-old male electric utility powerline worker who was electrocuted while performing maintenance on a 7200-volt overhead powerline was described. He was employed by a rural electric utility company with 52 employees. He had no previous powerline work experience or training and had been working for the company for 6 weeks. He was investigating and repairing a problem involving intermittent power outages in a rural community. The victim climbed to where the problem was thought to be originating. He was not wearing his lineman gloves or his protective helmet. He had his left climbing pole gaff planted in the pole, his right climbing boot in contact with the pole guy wire and his left arm resting on the neutral phase. He apparently thought the powerline had been deenergized and he grabbed the energized primary phase jumper cable with his right hand and was electrocuted. The victim's judgment was probably impaired by the use of marijuana shortly before the incident. It was recommended that measures be implemented to help ensure that powerline workers are free from the use of controlled substances while on the job, that all workers who perform maintenance on overhead lines are properly trained, and that such workers follow state regulations and safe work procedures.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Electric-power-transmission-lines Electrical-shock Electrical-workers FACE-92-12 OSHA Region 10 Safety-practices Substance-abuse
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/NIOSHFACE9212
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Alaska ; OSHA Region 10

Alaska ; OSHA Region 10 Less -
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:

5 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

210222
NTIS Accession Number:

PB93-119402
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:

1992
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

22 - Utilities - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1991/12/28
Resource Number:

FACE-92-12
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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urn:sha-512:6316e8446d23146d997c4d541c6baa5529078d79609942996a8eca0fdfcd3dd6eed3daceeb40026edd43faffb22c25a712155bb2c59898ff34a032188f106391
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