Painter Is Electrocuted While Power-Washing a Bridge

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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 August 10, 1991, a 26-year-old male bridge painter died after the steel-reinforced water hose connected to his pressure-washing gun made contact with a 13,000-volt electrical powerline. The victim was working from a suspended work platform approximately 50 feet above the powerline. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, the following guidelines should be followed: 1. Prior to working in close proximity of powerlines, the employer should contact the local utility company and request that the powerlines be de-energized
  
  2. Alternate methods of securing the hose to the bridge framework should be devised.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Formerly FACE-NJ9110
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Electric Injuries Electricity Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Paint Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Electric-properties Electrical-conductivity Electrical-hazards Electrical-safety Electrical-systems Electrocutions Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 2 Painters Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Electrocution
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE91NJ013
• 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:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026738
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-101694
• 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 91NJ013, 1992 Mar ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (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-512:65f23a89fb045f661261bda55e91b966701f6e34134b1a6bddec844dce7ebce1f2f393e849f3fd7ce131b57377d0f82396f2a5f1d2472a9b3482e4570bfad97c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169216/cdc_169216_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 50.49 KB ]