NIOSH Alert: Request for Assistance in Preventing Injuries
and Deaths from Metal-Reinforced Hydraulic Hoses
CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) periodically issues alerts on workplace hazards that have
caused death, serious injury, or illness to workers. One such
alert, Request for Assistance in Preventing Injuries and Deaths
from Metal-Reinforced Hydraulic Hoses (1), was recently published
and is available to the public. *
This alert warns workers that they may be burned or
electrocuted when using metal-reinforced hydraulic hoses on aerial
bucket trucks near energized power lines. One fatality occurred
when a metal-reinforced hydraulic hose on an aerial bucket truck
ruptured and caused a fire after contacting energized power lines.
The worker, an electrical lineman, died when he jumped from the
burning aerial bucket and fell 35 feet. Subsequent inspection of
aerial bucket trucks by the local utility company found that
several metal-reinforced hydraulic hoses were installed on booms or
aerial buckets that might be used near energized power lines. **
Workers at other utility companies or electrical contracting
companies may be exposed to similar hazards associated with
metal-reinforced hydraulic hoses. Recommendations to control the
hazards associated with hydraulic hoses used on aerial bucket
trucks are provided in the alert.
Reference
NIOSH. NIOSH alert: request for assistance in preventing
injuries and deaths from metal-reinforced hydraulic hoses.
Cincinnati: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public
Health Service, CDC, 1993; DHHS publication no. (NIOSH)93-105.
* Single copies of this document are available without charge from
the Information Dissemination Section, Division of Standards
Development and Technology Transfer, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia
Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226; telephone (513) 533-8287 (1:00-4:30
p.m., Eastern time); fax (513) 533-8573.
** Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations {29
CFR
section 1926.951(f)(3)} require the use of nonconducting hydraulic
hoses near energized power lines.
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