Laborer Electrocuted While Working at Bottom of Dry Well at Sewer Pumping Station

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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 28, 1990, a 31-year-old male laborer was killed, apparently as a result of contact with equipment thought to be deenergized. Working at the bottom of a 24-foot deep dry well at a sewer pumping station, the victim backed into the frame of a disconnected heater and apparently received an electric shock of a least 0.53 volts AC, sufficient to have caused an electric shock. Careful monitoring of electrical components in the area revealed ground faults which caused the wall heater frame to be energized. FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar occurrences in the future, employers should: 1. ensure that electrical equipment within pumping stations are periodically inspected and repaired by a licensed electrician conduct a job site survey before starting any job to identify potential hazards and implement appropriate control measures
  
  2. develop and implement an electrical safety program to help workers recognize and control hazards
  
  3. ensure that workers entering a confined space, such as the dry well at the pumping station, observe appropriate safety measures
  
  4. have at least one person assigned the responsibility for overseeing safe work practices and safety education
  
  5. provide training in basic CPR.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Formerly 90NJ010
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Confined Spaces Electric Injuries Electricity Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Confined-spaces Electric-properties Electrical-conductivity Electrical-hazards Electrical-safety Electrical-systems Electrocutions Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Confined Space ; Electrocution ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE90NJ014
• 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:20026494
• 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 90NJ014, 1991 Oct ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  22 - Utilities - (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-512:222f03be8ecb70f796dbd2735aad318b22e09fd143ab32b74a4f522645d1b9d1ff2df5fef8573b62c321cad4df64410975984b77f4ce7cc6b36a194406b27ae6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170135/cdc_170135_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 110.28 KB ]