Document ID (ISN) | 101800 |
CIS number |
03-854 |
Year |
2002 |
Convention or series no. |
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No.2002-112
HID 15
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Title |
Fire fighters exposed to electrical hazards during wildland fire operations - Description of hazard |
Original title |
Bomberos expuestos a riesgos eléctricos durante operaciones de extinción de incendios en terrenos sin cultivar - Descripción del riesgo [in Spanish] |
Bibliographic information |
Publications Dissemination, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998, USA, Jan. 2002. 4p. 9 ref. |
Internet access |
http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/niosh/docs/2002-112sp.html [in Spanish]
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hid15.html [in English]
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pdfs/hid15.pdf [in English]
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Abstract |
Electrical hazards are among the various hazards faced by fire fighters during waste land fire operations. Between 1980 and 1999, ten firefighters died from contact with electricity during wasteland fires. Contents of this information note on electrical hazards to fire fighters during wasteland fire operations: situations where fire fighters can be exposed to electrical shock hazards; description of two accident cases; measures to be implemented by fire departments and fire fighters to prevent electrocution, electrical shock and electricity-related burns while fighting wasteland fires. |
Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; fire fighting; overhead electric lines; fire services; electricity; USA |
Descriptors (secondary) |
accident descriptions; electric burns; electric shock; safe working methods; data sheet; fatalities |
Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
Country / State or Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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Broad subject area(s) |
Electrical safety
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Browse category(ies) |
Electricity Fire fighting, police, prisons and the armed forces Fires
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