FACE investigators concluded that, prevent similar
incidents the future, these safety guidelines should followed:
* Employees must throughly trained the safe handling electrical circuits. technician was instructed disassemble the
experiment the cables could examined.
* Employers should aware educational and training resources for health and safety
information.
. Neglecting first deenergize the experiment, the
victim climbed ten-foot metal rolling ladder the cables and contacted the live 26,000 volt
electrical circuit. The incident occurred a
cable testing laboratory that tested samples high-voltage electrical cables. The laboratory had
just completed artificially aging several samples electrical cable running current through
the cable while was immersed water.
* Employers should develop, implement, and enforce electrical lock-out/ tag-out program.
* The laboratory should consider redesigning their electrical safety interlock system.1
TO: Division Safety Research
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Morgantown, West Virginia 26505
FROM: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project
New Jersey Department Health and Senior Services
SUBJECT: Face Investigation #96-NJ-042-01
Electrical Testing Laboratory Technician Killed After Contacting 26,000 Volts
and Falling From Ladder
DATE: November 25, 1996
SUMMARY
On June 18, 1996, 45-year-old laboratory technician was killed when contacted 26,000 volts
and fell from rolling ladder while disassembling experiment. The shock immediately threw him from the ladder, causing him fall and
strike his head the concrete floor
