Roofing Materials Deliveryman Electrocuted When Truck-mounted Boom Conveyer Contacts Overhead Power Line

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• Personal Author:
  Ray, Thomas D. ; Roberts, Daryl W.
• Corporate Authors:
  Missouri Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MO FACE) ; Missouri. Department of Health
• Description:
  A 34-year-old roofing deliveryman was electrocuted and a co-worker was injured when a truck-mounted conveyer boom contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line. The victim was standing on the ground leaning against the truck, and the co-worker was standing on the truck bed operating the boom controls, when it the boom contacted the power line. The co-worker was thrown from the truck and the victim provided a path-to-ground for the electrical current. The MO FACE investigator concluded that in order to prevent similar occurrences employers should: 1. instruct employees on how to conduct a job site hazard survey before starting any work
  
  2. contact the local utility company to de-energize or insulate power lines when circumstances offer no alternative to operating equipment in close proximity to power lines
  
  3. follow applicable OSHA regulations concerning operation of boomed vehicles near electric power lines 4. stress the importance of proper selection of loading/unloading sites away from power lines
  
  5. establish procedures for boom operation and positioning, and proper procedures in emergency situations
  
  6. employees who work around electrical transmission lines, electrical circuits, and electrical equipment should be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Electric Injuries Electricity Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Electric-properties Electrical-conductivity Electrical-properties Electrical-safety Electrocutions Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Roofing-industry Safety-education Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Electrocution
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE94MO096
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  10 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026242
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-110205
• 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 94MO096, 1994 Dec ; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  Missouri Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  42 - Wholesale Trade - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2002/03/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:95cbc6afc2f36fe2d30d9d3407b396427d7a1cbe9f1ffa8b9bd99268a116e5d507951972046fc67a85ff0013b81b6afdf6f3bd6d2a824517b28c6fac1e7b8013
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170285/cdc_170285_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 27.33 KB ]