Commercial warehouses are not required to build 'hard-sheltered' safe rooms for large groups of workers, according to building codes and experts. On Friday night, a tornado hit an Amazon warehouse in Illinois, causing a partial collapse that killed six people.
Mon March 15, 2021 - National Edition
Lucy Perry â CEG CORRESPONDENT
Crew members working around power lines should have a thorough understanding of the pertinent OSHA regulations. The agency requires special precautions be taken when assembling/disassembling, operating and/or traveling with a crane near power lines.
Electrocutions resulting from contact between a crane and overhead power lines is still a leading cause of death on job sites. The key to safety around power lines is awareness, and an experienced operator knows to assume all lines are energized until he s confirmed otherwise.
Overhead power lines caused 36 percent of all electric-related fatalities in the workplace between 2011 and 2017, according to the Electrical Safety Foundation International.