Elsevier

Burns

Volume 19, Issue 5, October 1993, Pages 441-443
Burns

Case report
Electrical burn injuries of workers using portable aluminium ladders near overhead power lines

https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-4179(93)90072-GGet rights and content

Abstract

The use of aluminium ladders around high voltage power lines has resulted in a significant number of electrical injuries and electrocutions. Workers often misjudge wire distances or lose control of fully extended ladders, thereby exposing themselves to electrocution hazard. High-voltage electrical burns of two workers using an aluminium ladder that contacted a high voltage power line are reported. The circumstances surrounding the injury, the clinical management of the case, and the methods of prevention are presented and discussed.

References (7)

  • M.L. Bellegrade

    Human factors analysis of aluminium ladders/power lines electrocution hazard

  • Code of Federal Regulation. Washington, DC (1988) US Government Printing Office, Office of the Federal Register....
  • R.F. Edlich et al.

    Technical considerations for fasciotomies in high voltage electrical injuries

    J. Burn Care Rehabil.

    (1980)
There are more references available in the full text version of this article.

Cited by (0)

View full text