| Document ID (ISN) | 45121 |
| CIS number |
85-1825 |
| Year |
1984 |
| Convention or series no. |
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No.85-104
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| Author(s) |
Millar J.D. |
| Title |
Request for assistance in preventing electrocutions of workers in fast food restaurants |
| Bibliographic information |
Publications Dissemination, Department of Health and Human Services, (NIOSH), Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA. 3p. Illus. |
| Abstract |
A worker in a fast food restaurant was electrocuted while kneeling to insert the plug of a portable electric toaster into a 110-120V/20A outlet in a floor that had recently been damp-mopped. The victim went into convulsions with one hand on the plug and the other on the receptacle box. The victim was in contact with electricity for 3-8 min before the proper circuit breaker could be found to cut off power. Recommendations to prevent such accidents: installation of ground fault circuit interrupters, non-metallic construction of exposed receptacle boxes, redesign of plugs and receptacles, clear labelling of circuit breaker or fuse boxes to indicate corresponding outlets and fixtures, training of workers in safe practices and in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
restaurants; electrical accidents; electrical safety |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
contact voltage protection; accident descriptions; safety by design; safe working methods; safety training in industry; fatalities |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Electricity
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Hotels and restaurants
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