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5 Leading Electrical Hazards and How to Avoid Them

In my years as a safety professional, I have performed many accident investigations involving electricity. Luckily, all of them have been minor, usually involving an exposed wire zapping someone. I always used these types of incidents as opportunities to stress electrical safety….

Safety Flash: Dump truck operator fatally electrocuted by high-voltage line

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Case report: #18KY024* Issued by: Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Date of incident: June 22, 2018 Summary On June 22, 2018, a 61-year-old dump truck owner-operator was transporting crushed rock to fill a sinkhole, when he raised the…