Warning: electrocution hazard to workers servicing overhead fluorescent light fixtures.

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey. Department of Health
• Description:
  The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) is alerting employers and workers who service or work near overhead fluorescent light fixtures. Since 1990, the NJDHSS Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project has received reports of seven incidents where workers were electrocuted as they were working on or near the lights. A summary of these incidents follows (unless otherwise noted, all lights were 277 volts). Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Case Reports
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electricity
  • Emergency Responders
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Lighting
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Hazards; Health-hazards; Case-studies; Mortality-data; Injuries; Traumatic-injuries; Injury-prevention; Accidents; Accident-potential; Accident-prevention; Accident-analysis; Electrocutions; Electricity; Electrical-workers; Lighting-systems; Fluorescent-lighting; Electrical-hazards; Lighting; Electrical-shock; Emergency-care; Cardiopulmonary-function; Cardiopulmonary-system
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• 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:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040419
• Citation:
  Trenton, NJ: Public Health Services Branch, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Division of Epidemiology, Environmental, and Occupational Health, Occupational Health Service Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 1996 Sep; :1
• Contact Point Address:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Occupational Health Service Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation (FACE) Project, PO Box 360, Trenton NJ 08625-0360
• Email:
  surveillance@doh.state.nj.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19910930
• Source Full Name:
  Warning: Electrocution Hazard to Workers Servicing Overhead Fluorescent Light Fixtures
• End Date:
  20050831
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/232609/cdc_232609_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d