Student Worker (Laborer) is Electrocuted When Street Light Standard Makes Electrical Contact in California

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• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services
• Description:
  A 30-year-old male student worker (victim), performing the functions of a laborer, died after the metal combination streetlight and traffic signal standard (support pole and attachments) he was positioning contacted an overhead high voltage power line. The standard was suspended from a truck-mounted crane, and he was attempting to position it over a foundation so it could be secured in place. As he was positioning the standard, it twisted, and the street light mast arm contacted the overhead power line. His co-worker, who was helping him position the standard, was seriously burned. The CA/FACE investigator concluded that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers should: 1. Always contact the local power company when working in close proximity to energized high voltage power lines. 2. Assure the "10-foot" rule is observed when working near energized high voltage power lines. 3. Allow the standard to become stable before being handled by employees. 4. Use non-conductive pole positioning devices to handle standards when working near energized power lines. 5. Ground the pole or bond the pole to an effective ground.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electricity
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 9
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Work-operations
  • Work-analysis
  • Work-areas
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Electrocution ; Hispanic
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE96CA002
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027084
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-112027
• 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 96CA002, 1996 Oct ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  22 - Utilities - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Resource Number:
  FACE-96CA002 ; FACE-96CA00201
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169011/cdc_169011_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 28.15 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:61c02f9b5d058b5015e3d4b7669dd4572c1d254603c5d435b7ddc78416f75f097176f122655dca0b33660cdb1e19386f0ab312772707e0c7df1a35619f8cad56