Electrical-Shock Prevention. Volume IV -Overhead-Line Contact Fatalities

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• Personal Author:
  Homce, Gerald T. ; Morley, Lloyd A. ; Trutt, Frederick C.
• Description:
  This report examines the problem of indirect contact of overhead high-voltage powerlines by mining personnel. This refers to the contact of energized lines by workers through an intermediate conductor such as a metallic tool or a piece of high-reaching mobile equipment. The shock hazard by such contact has been a major cause of electrical fatalities associated with mining operations. The report is divided into three areas. The first gives a general background of overhead lines, basic characteristics, and associated hazards and describes presently used techniques and devices that attempt to alleviate the contact problem. The second area presents a detailed analysis of 39 overhead-line contact accidents in mining since 1970. The third section used the information in the first two areas to formulate recommendations to prevent these accidents and subsequent electrocutions at mining installations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-116
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10007282
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-102979
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/84-102979 :116 pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Performing Organization:
  Pennsylvania State Univ.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/84-102979
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a28e902f70104a69467852e1b73de16e8c693c79f56f50858cebf672977b7e141b62759fdb91b7a54363ba205318ac352eb2ffa77a7f80be27b72e774102f8fc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206904/cdc_206904_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.19 MB ]