Electrician Dies in 6-foot Fall from Ladder

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• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center ; Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  A 51-year-old male electrician (the victim) died after falling approximately six feet to the concrete floor of a fertilizer plant. The victim had been doing electrical work while standing on an aluminum extension ladder at a switch box attached to a steel post near a rear exit of the plant. His co-worker, who was approximately 20 feet away, heard him hit the floor, but did not see him fall. The co-worker ran for help. A 911 call was placed at 8:46 am, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel arrived in three minutes. The victim was transported to the local hospital, but never regained consciousness. He was pronounced dead an hour later. To prevent similar incidents, the KY FACE investigator recommends that employers should: 1. stress to all employees the importance of exercising caution when working from ladders
  
  2. develop and implement a comprehensive written safety program.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Electricity Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Electrical-equipment Electrical-industry Electrical-safety Electrical-workers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 4 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Commercial ; Falls - Construction - Ladders ; FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Commercial ; Falls - Construction - Ladders
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)   ; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)  
• Subseries:
  State ; State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE98KY014
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026378
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2011-100084
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 98KY014, 1998 Aug ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1503b9d087b7b65b8c900542aa84807daa9925c138bb894f9098cabf96914964cd7f40ae9f1e1c8f7f755ccbfba908421a7b537e51f5d63546424d72fa8f9457
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170182/cdc_170182_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 15.36 KB ]