Apprentice Lineman Dies After Making Contact with a High Voltage Transmission Line Through a Wooden Utility Pole

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On May 10, 1994, a 30-year-old male apprentice lineman died when he contacted 69,000 volts of electricity from a transmission power line through a wooden utility pole. He was part of a three-man crew that was setting new utility poles at an electrical substation. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, the following safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Maintain an appropriate minimum distance from energized power lines at all times. 2. When it may not be possible to maintain the appropriate minimum distance between power lines and equipment, workers should request that lines be deenergized. 3. When setting poles near existing power lines, any worker who may contact the utility pole or power line should be protected with appropriate personal protective equipment. 4. Company representatives who evaluate work sites should consider both the work needed and safety hazards in the area. 5. The work area should be clear of vehicles or other obstructions.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Electric Injuries Electricity Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Electric-power-transmission-lines Electric-properties Electrical-hazards Electrical-safety Electrocutions Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-environment Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Electrocution ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE94NJ072
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026853
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-106557
• 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 94NJ072, 1994 Oct ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  22 - Utilities - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c233fff3e5b6be3b8cef14e21cccd88b72d3244683e0b974ff76e853ed5332f4d682f72dfb674dc39afae52bffc63dfd21a8f0cb6c447d87cfc58d5d499f28be
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169144/cdc_169144_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 21.79 KB ]