Case studies
Includes overhead power lines, electrical maintenance, excavations and ignition of explosive atmospheres.
Overhead power lines
- Farmer prosecuted for failing to warn driver of overhead lines
- Contractor sustains electric shock after failure to isolate power supply
- Lorry driver suffers burns
- Painters burnt whilst moving tower scaffold
- Trainee scaffolder died when scaffold tube came into contact with overhead line
- Contractor dies whilst erecting a lighting tower
Electrical maintenance
- Electrical contractor killed whilst examining faulty air conditioning unit
- Electrical fitters injuries result in amputation when he believed he was working in a safe zone
- Employee sustained broken shoulders when testing a incorrectly wired appliance
- Employee killed whilst changing an electrode
- Employee received a shock whilst touching a metal fence
- Employee's heart stopped while maintaining an induction heat treatment machine
- Employee received a shock whilst insulating live wires
- Electrician suffered shock when electrical supply had not been properly isolated
- Machine operator killed whilst clearing blockage from a mail wrapping machine
- A worker was injured when working in a live electrical panel
- Maintaining electrical equipment safety
- Contractor receives injuries when switchgear was not isolated
- Employee was killed while working with poorly constructed equipment
- Electrician was injured touching live equipment
- Worker received shock whilst using a pressure water washing machine
- Shock received after incorrectly wiring a machine
Excavations
- Worker suffers serious injuries whilst using a pneumatic breaker
- Employee burnt whilst breaking concrete
- Gas pipes and electrical cables struck by mechanical digger
- Labourer struck cables with jackhammer
- Failure to use a cable locator
- Worker suffers from burns whilst using a pneumatic impact mole
- Worker suffers from burns whilst using a road breaker