![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090122122145im_/http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/images/line.jpg)
National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
AUTHOR
ABSTRACT
A fatal
accident circumstances and epidemiology (FACE) report describing
an accident involving electrocutions in Georgia was presented.
The report was part of the NIOSH FACE project to collect data
on electricity or confined space/related accidents involving
fatalities. On October 14, 1985, five farm workers were in
the process of moving a portable grain auger when it contacted
a 7,200 Volt power line. Two workmen, 30 and 39 years old,
were electrocuted and the other three were injured. The three
workers who survived the incident were wearing new rubber
sole shoes. The two workmen who were killed were wearing leather
shoes in poor condition. No autopsies were performed. The
cause of death of both victims was listed as electrocution.
The farm operator had no written safety policy. Safety was
left up to the common sense of the farm workers. The author
recommends that employers identify safety hazards that may
be encountered on the farm and emphasize safe movement of
farm equipment, especially when moving it under power lines.
SOURCE AND NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
SOURCE:
Morgantown, West Virginia: National Institute of Occupational
Safety and Health; 1985. 5.
NLOM ID#:
No ID#.
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090122122145im_/http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/images/line.jpg)
Disclaimer
and Reproduction Information: Information in NASD does not
represent NIOSH policy. Information included in NASD appears
by permission of the author and/or copyright holder. More
NASD Review: 04/2002
This
document was extracted from the CDC-NIOSH Epidemiology of
Farm Related Injuries: Bibliography With Abstracts, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service,
Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
We
are unable to supply copies of the full report cited
in this entry. Readers are advised to use the following
sources:
- Author
or publisher: articles are frequently available
from the author or publisher.
- Medical
or other research libraries: these facilities
often have the material on hand or know where
it can be obtained. If available, each journal
entry includes the appropriate National Library
of Medicine unique identification number to aid
in interlibrary loan requests.
- Government:
some U.S. Government-sponsored research reports,
including ones out-of print, are available from
the National Technical Information Service, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
|
|