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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 33949 |
| CIS number |
80-1423 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Industrial Safety |
| Year |
1980 |
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| Author(s) |
Shield D. |
| Title |
The dangers of "blind" excavation. |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 1978, Vol.24, No.12, p.10-12. Illus. |
| Abstract |
Hazards of underground electricity supply cables (415V) in residential and industrial areas, from local substations, and between substations, carrying 11kV, also frequently passing under streets; underground pipes. Planning of excavation operations. Hazards to personnel (electrocution, flash burns), usually when operating hand tools. Preventive measures: trial holes, use of cable locators. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
underground cables; trenching and excavating |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
electric power distribution; electric shock; cable detectors; electric burns |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Construction industry
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| Browse category(ies) |
Trenching and excavating
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