Electrocution is the leading cause of on-the-job death for water well drillers [2006]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Case 1: A driller raised a drill rig mast into a 7200-volt overhead power line. Both he and his helper were killed.
  
  Case 2: A driller-helper was pulling a winch cable toward a stack of drill steel when the cable contacted a 12,000-volt power line. The helper was killed, and the driller at the rig controls was severely injured.
  
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• Content Notes:
  Electrocution is the leading cause of on-the-job death for water well drillers -- How to get off equipment in contact with an overhead power line -- Electrocution is the leading cause of on-the-job death for water well drillers -- Overhead power line safety job site tips -- Electrocution is the leading cause of on-the-job death for water well drillers -- Follow these steps if your equipment contacts an overhead power line -- Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most common occupational diseases in the U.S. -- Hearing Protection Devices.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Deafness, Noise Induced Electric Injuries/mortality Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Occupational Health Safety Measures Water Well Drilling Wells
• Document Type:
  Text
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  10 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d712166dd970f4e7bc4770adbb0c9f3c31e976758c0082838effd40c62ac31af8b2d295f9ba1808aaaef394516df4d662e223ff8036bb7c170fb05cdadae1318
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/8361/cdc_8361_DS1.pdf
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