Drill Operator and Mechanic Electrocuted After Contacting A 7,200 Volt Overhead Power Line With A Drill Rig Boom

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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 July 30, 1991, a 45-year-old male drill operator and a 58-year-old male shop mechanic were electrocuted when their drill rig boom made contact with a 7,200 volt overhead power line. The incident occurred while the two men were moving a drill rig away from the side of a road where they had been drilling test bores. The workers were apparently moving the raised boom of the rig when it contacted the power line, electrocuting the rig operator. The second worker was simultaneously electrocuted while holding a steel-reinforced air hose attached to the drill rig. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, the following safety guidelines should be followed: 1. A minimum clearance of 10 feet must be maintained between equipment and energized lines to prevent inadvertent contact. 2. Employers should ensure that employees are properly trained in the safe operation of equipment and that company safety procedures are followed at all times. 3. Drilling equipment should be posted with signs warning of contact with overhead power lines.
• Content Notes:
  Formerly NJ9109
• 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-measures Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries

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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/NIOSHSFACE91NJ012
• 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:20026523
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-101693
• 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 91NJ012, 1991 Oct ; :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-512:5a1eab8d38d9badb9bdde1e4b37bd6731cf3cfb472ac0de2dba64c6cf24c1947be56ad414e79b8bd7a7db5159c35f54e8a65e2bb21f36e75d653de95c2db70d9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170122/cdc_170122_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 67.12 KB ]