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Abstract
To prevent worker electrocutions while working near over-head power lines:
- Employers should implement and enforce a formal written electrical safety training program that includes work around overhead lines.
- An observer should be designated by the employer to perform an electrical hazard
- evaluation prior to commencing new work activities.
- A hazard assessment of the job site and route of travel, including aerial and ground hazards and obstacles, within the job site should be performed by a competent person before work commences.
Document Type
Alert
Publication Date
9-2009
Repository Citation
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, "Workers Electrocuted While Working in Elevated Buckets" (2009). Kentucky Haz Alerts--Motor Vehicle. 6.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/face_vehicle_alerts/6
Included in
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Commons, Public Health Education and Promotion Commons
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Haz Alert, v. 7, issue 2.