OVERHEAD POWER LINES - DON'T GET ZAPPED!

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OVERHEAD POWER LINES - DON'T GET ZAPPED!
EMPLOYER KIT
February 3, 2003

The U.S. Department of Labor - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Region VII Falls and Overhead Power Lines (OHPL) Task Force developed the "Overhead Power Lines - Don't Get Zapped!" program to have an impact on reducing electrocutions involving contact with overhead power lines in the construction industry. August and October 2000 were identified as "Falls and Overhead Power Lines Safety Months" in Region VII. Inspection activity in the construction industry was focused during these months with our efforts concentrated on reducing electrocutions involving contact with overhead power lines.

The Task Force developed several publications which can be used as aids to follow OSHA's standards related to electrocution hazards in the construction industry. These publications are available from your Region VII Area Office.

As part of this initiative, the "Employer/Trainer Information Kit" was developed to raise awareness of hazards in the construction industry and to comply with relevant OSHA standards. The contents of the "Employer/Trainer Information Kit" have been posted on the Internet to allow greater access to the employers and employees in the Region VII construction industry.

This kit provides information on how much accidents may cost your company; statistics and summaries of construction electrocutions due to contact with overhead power lines which have occurred in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska; information on how to get OSHA assistance; summaries of OSHA construction regulations related to electrocution hazards; NIOSH Alert on preventing electrocutions; a chart of OSHA standards most frequently cited in the construction industry as a result of employees exposed to electrocution hazards involving overhead power lines; overhead power line safety tips for the construction industry; overhead power line tips for construction workers (English and Spanish); overhead power lines poster; training guide to preventing electrocutions from overhead power lines in the construction industry (our OHPL CD-ROM in PDF format); Region VII newsletters on this initiative; and Disaster Facts Accident Reports for construction electrocutions due to contact with overhead power lines that occurred in Region VII.

If additional assistance is needed in reading any linked documents, please contact Peggy Taylor at 816-426-5230, extension 227.

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