National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
AUTHOR ABSTRACT
This
Alert requests the assistance of farm owners/ managers, farm/agricultural
workers, and farm equipment manufacturers in the prevention
of electrocutions which may occur while moving metal grain
augers. The grain auger is an essential piece of farm equipment
which is used to move grain from one location to another.
However, every year accidents occur when this piece of equipment
is improperly moved in the elevated position and it comes
into contact with high voltage power lines. This has resulted
in one or more fatalities per incident. This Alert describes
two separate incidents that resulted in five fatalities, and
occurred within the same week (150 miles apart). Neither of
the incidents fell under OSHA jurisdiction because both farms
were family operations employing fewer than 10 workers.
SOURCE AND NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
SOURCE: Cincinnati,
Ohio: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health;
1986. 4.
NLOM ID#:
No ID#.
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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.
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