Open AccessElectrical Safety in the farm: Case Study Research at Michigan USA 2010
Author(s) -
Fathurrahman Fathurrahman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
circuit
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2549-3701
pISSN - 2549-3698
DOI - 10.22373/crc.v2i1.3261
Subject(s) - acre , tower , agriculture , electricity , geography , farm workers , engineering , agricultural economics , agricultural science , environmental science , archaeology , economics , electrical engineering
Electrical safety concern has been rise from early utilization of electricity. This report is about electrical accident that took place in one agricultural farm in Michigan, USA in summer 2010. A bilingual Latino farm worker (28) was electrocuted in a 6000-acre potato farm when he touched one of tower of self-propelled central pivot irrigators, which is irrigating the farm at that time. The delta corner-grounded system is used at the farm. The multicultural environment is also escalated the risk.