Electrocution is the leading cause of on-the-job death for water well drillers [2005]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Case 1: 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.
  
  Case 2: A crew was preparing to remove a pump from a well when the hoist boom contacted a 4160-volt power line. The hoist operator was electrocuted.
  
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• Content Notes:
  Electrocution is the leading cause of on-the-job death for water well drillers -- Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most common occupational diseases in the U.S.
• 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-512:6cba31a501794176316caf8d33b88d787563717a146757840836f56f25c29119202513644bf015db38ab12eb78378324ab0a52dceeab01e13a328cd1648f91be
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9752/cdc_9752_DS1.pdf
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