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Worker Electrocuted After Touching Dump Truck That Contacted Overhead Power Line
Get PDFA 36-year-old male skid-steer loader operator (victim) was electrocuted when he touched a dump truck that contacted an overhead power line. The victim was working with a truck driver from another business at the time that the incident occurred. The victim and the truck driver were working together on a project that involved spreading rocks on a residential driveway. The driveway was located in a wooded area with several overhead power lines. The truck driver had been dumping loads of rocks that the victim spread with the skid-steer loader. At the time of the incident, the truck driver was in the process of dumping the last load of rocks. The victim was guiding the truck driver around the trees and power lines. The victim signaled to the truck driver that he was clear to raise the box of the truck into the emptying position. The box of the truck was elevated into the emptying position where it made contact with an overhead power line. At that time, the victim was speaking with the truck driver while standing on the ground and holding onto a bar on the driver's side of the truck cab. The electrical current forced the victim away from the truck, to the ground. A call to emergency medical personnel was immediately placed. The truck driver performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation and artificial respiration on the victim until the emergency medical personnel arrived. The victim was transported to a local hospital and immediately transported by helicopter to the burn unit of another hospital where he died one week later. MN FACE investigators concluded that, in order to reduce the likelihood of similar occurrences, the following guidelines should be followed: 1. ensure that the local electrical utility is contacted to assist or provide guidance whenever work is performed in the vicinity of overhead power lines; 2. ensure that employees follow safe work practices whenever working near overhead powerlines or with materials which may contact overhead power lines; and 3. design, develop, and implement a comprehensive safety program.Cooperative Agreemen
Steel Connector Dies After Falling 19 Feet From a Bridge Under Construction to the Highway Below in Indiana
Get PDFA 28-year-old male steel connector (victim) died of injuries sustained from a 19-foot fall from a bridge under construction. The victim was a member of a crew setting steel beams onto two concrete bridge pillars of a highway overpass. After the steel beams were positioned on the pillars by a crane, the victim and a second steel connector bolted the beams to flange plates incorporated into the design of the bridge pillars. Each connector was working from a platform placed between two beams, on top of the beams' lower flanges. The crew was setting the third beam across the pillars when the incident occurred. As the beam was being lowered, the victim attempted to push it into place. The platform on which the victim was standing gave way, causing the victim to fall to the highway below. The victim was transported to the hospital where he died the next day.Publication Date supplied by FACE program; date does not appear on report
Assistant Manager at Ice Rink Asphyxiated by an Oxygen-Deficient Atmosphere \u2013 Alaska
No full textThe case of a 24-year-old male assistant manager for a shopping mall ice skating rink who was asphyxiated inside a compressor room while attempting to shut off a refrigerant gas leak was examined. The gas was chlorodifluoromethane-22 (75456) (CFC-22). The employer was the owner of a 170-store indoor shopping mall which included a swimming pool and an ice-skating rink. There was no safety policy or program in place. The refrigeration system had a long history of leaks. A large leak had been plugged in a makeshift fashion. A maintenance worker performing a routine check observed refrigerant oil oozing from under the doors to the compressor room. The victim, the maintenance supervisor, and a maintenance worker entered the compressor room through self-closing doors. The victim was wearing a cartridge type respirator which was inadequate in an oxygen deficient atmosphere. A coworker called 911 after entering the compressor room and seeing two of the workers lying on the floor. The maintenance worker and supervisor were rescued by an emergency medical service team. The victim was not in plain sight, and so remained in the room a longer period of time before being removed. He died of asphyxiation by oxygen displacement. Two swimmers in the pool and rescue personnel were also affected by CFC-22 vapor which had spread into adjacent areas. It was recommended that workers be adequately protected from recognized hazards by installing appropriate engineering controls; that a maintenance program be developed; and that a safety program be designed
Powerline Worker Electrocuted While Performing Maintenance on Overhead Powerline\u2013Alaska
No full textThe case of a 37-year-old male electric utility powerline worker who was electrocuted while performing maintenance on a 7200-volt overhead powerline was described. He was employed by a rural electric utility company with 52 employees. He had no previous powerline work experience or training and had been working for the company for 6 weeks. He was investigating and repairing a problem involving intermittent power outages in a rural community. The victim climbed to where the problem was thought to be originating. He was not wearing his lineman gloves or his protective helmet. He had his left climbing pole gaff planted in the pole, his right climbing boot in contact with the pole guy wire and his left arm resting on the neutral phase. He apparently thought the powerline had been deenergized and he grabbed the energized primary phase jumper cable with his right hand and was electrocuted. The victim's judgment was probably impaired by the use of marijuana shortly before the incident. It was recommended that measures be implemented to help ensure that powerline workers are free from the use of controlled substances while on the job, that all workers who perform maintenance on overhead lines are properly trained, and that such workers follow state regulations and safe work procedures
Tree Excavator Killed Using Skid-Steer Loader and Tree Shear Attachment
Get PDFIn the winter of 2001, a 25-year-old self-employed tree excavator was fatally injured while using a skid-steer loader equipped with a tree shear attachment. He was working on a hillside, clearing land of small trees. While cutting a large branch of a tree, the weight of the falling branch tipped the loader forward on top of the tree stump, pinning him against the seat. The hydraulic shear had two horizontal blades that came together to cut trees up to 14 inches (35 cm) in diameter. The trunk of the tree was about 28 inches (70 cm) in diameter at the base, larger than the capacity of the shear. It branched out about three feet (1 m) above ground into three smaller limbs. He had cut branches from the sides and was finishing cutting the last branch, with his loader on the uphill side, facing directly downhill. The attachment was raised up to approximately 4 foot (1.2 m) height, where the branches fanned out. When he finished the cut, and while it was falling downhill, it momentarily transferred enough weight to the front of the shear that it tipped the skid-steer loader forward. The loader landed nearly upside down on top of the stump, which entered the cab area and crushed the operator against the back of his seat. The man was killed instantly. When rescue arrived, the machine could not be started, and airbags and a winch were needed to move the loader. Recommendations based on our investigation are as follows: 1. Skid-steer loaders and their attachments should be used as recommended by manufacturers, not exceeding their capacity. 2. Machines using tree shear attachments should have a barrier on all sides of the operator station to protect from tree limbs and other objects. 3. Manufacturers of tree shears and similar attachments should warn operators about using the attachments in a raised position, and working on sloping ground.Cooperative Agreemen
Farmer Killed in Tractor Rollover While Setting a Fence Post
Get PDFDuring the fall of 2003 a 60-year-old farmer was killed in a tractor rollover while putting in a fence post on his farm. He was working with his son, using the front bucket of his tractor to push a wooden fence post into the ground. The men were working in an area of pasture which had a slight slope to the right front of the tractor. The son was holding the 6-inch post upright, while his father on the tractor positioned the front bucket, half-filled with dirt, on top of the post. They were using the hydraulics of the tractor to push and/or ram the post into the ground, a procedure successfully completed with "thousands of fence posts" on their farm without apparent problems. However, that day the ground was fairly dry, and the post did not penetrate the soil more than six inches. Suddenly, the bucket slipped off the post, and the bucket snapped downward with sufficient force and momentum that it caused the rear of the tractor to lift up. The wide-front tractor then rolled over on its right side down the slope, stopping momentarily, then continuing to roll until it had righted itself again. The farmer was fatally crushed as the tractor rolled over, and was found on the ground to the left of the machine. There was no ROPS on the tractor. Recommendations based on our investigation are as follows: 1. All tractors should be equipped with Roll Over Protective Structures. 2. Factory installed Roll-Over Protective Structures (ROPS) should not be removed from tractors. 3. Alternate methods of installing fence posts should be considered.Cooperative Agreemen
ID: Congressional District 01, Stroke and Federally Qualified Health Centers Map [118th Congress]
No full textStroke death rates can differ considerably within a congressional district. These maps highlight the disparities in county-level stroke death rates within your congressional district. This map represents data for Idaho Congressional District 01.Title derived; supplied by publishing office.Publication Date supplied by publishing office
NV: Congressional District 04, Stroke and Federally Qualified Health Centers Map [118th Congress]
No full textStroke death rates can differ considerably within a congressional district. These maps highlight the disparities in county-level stroke death rates within your congressional district. This map represents data for Nevada Congressional District 04.Title derived; supplied by publishing office.Publication Date supplied by publishing office
PA: Congressional District 17, Stroke and Federally Qualified Health Centers Map [118th Congress]
No full textStroke death rates can differ considerably within a congressional district. These maps highlight the disparities in county-level stroke death rates within your congressional district. This map represents data for Pennsylvania Congressional District 17.Title derived; supplied by publishing office.Publication Date supplied by publishing office
PA: Congressional District 15, Stroke and Federally Qualified Health Centers Map [118th Congress]
No full textStroke death rates can differ considerably within a congressional district. These maps highlight the disparities in county-level stroke death rates within your congressional district. This map represents data for Pennsylvania Congressional District 15.Title derived; supplied by publishing office.Publication Date supplied by publishing office