Insulation Installer Dies When His Aluminum Ladder Makes Contact With 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 July 26, 1990, a 28-years-old insulation installer was killed when an aluminum extension ladder which he was holding made contact with an overhead power line, causing him to receive 2,400-volts of electricity. Two experienced insulation installers, both foremen, were raising an aluminum extension ladder in order to start a job. The victim held the ladder while his partner used a rope to extend the ladder. NJDOH FACE personnel concluded that the following guidelines should be followed: 1. Non-conductive ladders and equipment should be used whenever there is any danger of contact with energized power lines. 2. A hazard analysis of each job and each job site should be performed by the employer. 3. The employer must provide safety training which informs employees about potential hazards to which they may be exposed, particularly when working near overhead power lines. 4. In areas where it is available, utilize services of the local power company to cover power lines with insulating sleeves or blankets.
• Content Notes:
  Formerly NJ9009
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electricity
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Workplace
• 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 ; Construction ; Electrocution
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE90NJ013
• 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:20026493
• 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 90NJ013, 1991 Feb ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• 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-90NJ013
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170136/cdc_170136_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 107.18 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9dd634b0a7195459c1a66f9bc2aebed7ded44c3299494e21338ff72eb47135df972014b51ea6de89b94759a7e38810f41cfba1ddec00090208829c371c3a2869