Tree Trimmer Electrocuted While Trimming a Tree

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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 6, 1994, a 22-year-old male tree trimmer died when he contacted a 220-volt power line while trimming a tree. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, the following safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Hazard assessments should be conducted for each tree-trimming job
  
  2. A minimum clearance of ten feet must be maintained between the worker, equipment, and energized power lines to prevent inadvertent contact. 3. Trees should not be climbed when wet. 4. Employers should develop a written employee training program in safe tree trimming and hazard recognition. Their standard operating procedures should be in writing.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electricity
  • Forestry
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Health
  • Occupational Injuries
  • Safety
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-potential
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Safety-education
  • Safety-practices
  • Safety-measures
  • Traumatic-injuries
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Electrocution ; Prevention through Design (PtD) ; Landscaping Services
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE94NJ066
• 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:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026852
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-106556
• 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 94NJ066, 1994 Nov ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Resource Number:
  FACE-94NJ066 ; FACE 94-NJ-066-01
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169145/cdc_169145_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 21.02 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4b777a7a65d2b86e8b3e350202ac77d5bab6abaa92192461fde7e7e5054ac62787e4c520942bcf27e34ce3fa315ed7fd83e361d42d6e27d20a7b7168592fc844