Construction Worker Electrocuted When Crane Cable Contacts an Overhead Power Line

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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 14, 1992, a 35-year-old male construction worker was electrocuted when a crane hoist cable attached to a pump he was handling contacted a 7,200 volt overhead power line. The incident occurred at the site of a road construction project while a work crew was using a crane to lower a water pump into a construction excavation. The victim was pulling the suspended pump into position when the crane cable swung into contact with the overhead power line. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, the following safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should conduct a job hazard analysis to identify and correct potential hazards prior to starting work. 2. Employers should ensure that a minimum clearance of 10 feet is maintained between cranes and energized power lines to prevent inadvertent contact. 3. Employers should contact the utility company to de-energize or isolate the power lines when circumstances require operating cranes less than 10 feet from energized lines. 4. Employers should require a skilled observer to watch the placement of crane and power lines to ensure that minimum safe distances are maintained.
• Content Notes:
  Formerly 92NJ020
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electricity
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  • Staff Development
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-potential
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Safety-education
  • Safety-equipment
  • Safety-practices
  • Safety-measures
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Electrocution
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE92NJ029
• 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:20026532
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-104909
• 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 92NJ029, 1992 Dec ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• 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
• Resource Number:
  FACE-92NJ029
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170113/cdc_170113_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 79.50 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b125011f5e28f8d58a9a054f989082dc3bfda0edbd0bded2cd94d98cb5143e2ad223e10f489e47e5393bb741f6e0e41c4330965c94fe26d922a263fd64b324e8