OSHA issues two 'Fatal Facts' documents on deaths involving temp workers

摘要

Washington-Two recent additions to OSHA's "Fatal Facts" series detail worker fatalities involving electrocution and engulfment and explain how similar incidents can be prevented. One document describes how two 14-year-old temporary farmworkers died after they were electrocuted when one touched an electrified metal irrigation structure, and the other tried to move the worker from the structure. Lightning struck the irrigation system and melted the electrical wires' insulation before the incident. The system was still connected to a power source, so electricity was able to travel from the damaged conductors to the structure.