Tree Trimmer Dies After Contacting Energized Powerlines

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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 October 12, 1991, a 35-year-old tree trimmer was electrocuted while in the process of trimming tree branches and contacted a 7,600-volt primary electrical powerline. 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 ten feet must be maintained between the worker, equipment, and energized powerlines to prevent inadvertent contact
  
  2. employers should develop a written employee training program in safe tree trimming techniques and electrical hazard recognition. 3. employers and employees should be aware of the dangers of drugs and substances that may impair judgment or alertness at work.
• Content Notes:
  Formerly NJ9201
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electricity
  • Forestry
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-potential
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Safety-education
  • Safety-equipment
  • Safety-practices
  • Traumatic-injuries
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Electrocution ; Landscaping Services
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE91NJ020
• 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:20026500
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-104900
• 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 91NJ020, 1992 Mar ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Resource Number:
  FACE-91NJ020
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170130/cdc_170130_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 64.17 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:271d5d33ab0c0f34873c283fa66aa853b09dcc104af88037e449a81ab60f3bc21f19a848f2a45d3cb37a77b6390cca680b75c6d93bd8d53c88f517b419875565