Electrician Electrocuted After Contacting 277 Volts While Installing An Overhead Light Fixture

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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 March 16, 1992, a 60-year-old male journeyman electrician was electrocuted after he contacted an energized electrical cable carrying 277 volts. The incident occurred in an office building which was being renovated to expand the office space. As he was working from a wooden ladder to install two new fluorescent lighting fixtures in the ceiling, the victim contacted the energized cable while attempting to wire the cable to the fixture. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, the following safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers and employees should ensure that all electrical circuits are de-energized and thoroughly tested before working on them. 2. Employers should develop, implement, and enforce a written safety training program that addresses the procedures to be followed before work is performed on energized circuits. 3. Employers should develop, implement, and enforce an electrical lock-out, tag-out procedure.
• Content Notes:
  Formerly NJ9207
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Electric Injuries Electricity Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Electric-properties Electrical-conductivity Electrical-hazards Electrical-safety Electrical-systems Electrocutions Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries 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/NIOSHSFACE92NJ007
• 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:20026529
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-104906
• 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 92NJ007, 1992 Oct ; :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
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8a3344c637289482c379781fb25195fb270de5dcf74e1844c6d8863341397b513bcbd96faaa367d2248011ca0347f282ee1a4cb092f6c9e35378a34365c4b91d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170116/cdc_170116_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 64.47 KB ]