Lineman Electrocuted After Contacting 7,200 Volts While Re-Routing Power Lines on A 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 September 6, 1991, a 47-year-old male power company lineman was electrocuted after making contact with a 7,200-volt power line. The incident occurred while the lineman was working to re-route power from a utility pole to underground lines. As he worked from a bucket truck, he contacted the energized line while holding a grounded metal support. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, the following safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers must insure that personal protective equipment such as insulating gloves are provided and used. Strict enforcement of company policies with regard to this equipment must be maintained by the field supervisors. 2. Employers should ensure that all energized power lines are thoroughly insulated to prevent inadvertent contact. 3. Employees should not engage in activities that may distract them while working near energized lines.
• Content Notes:
  Formerly FACE-NJ9112
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electricity
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
• Keywords:
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-potential
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Safety-equipment
  • Safety-practices
  • Safety-measures
  • Traumatic-injuries
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Electrocution
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE91NJ016
• 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:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026740
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-101696
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 91NJ016, 1992 Mar ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• 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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169214/cdc_169214_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 45.16 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:47c1af157927631e179299404b46565bfc062f71580ac5cbdde814305431b6ce786cc1677e034d770dc6b34aa4e2718e4a2e555de01aeb0ee61b828f9bdfbbd1