Frequency of Electrocution among employees of LESCO Lahore working at different fields of electricity

Abstract

Objective: To determine frequency of electrocution related injuries among LESCO Employees.

METHOD: Total 278 linemen fulfilled the criteria for selection. All 278 linemen who were interviewed, opted all SOPs and were wearing PPEs before starting field work including work at distribution poles, and transmission lines. They also told about earthing the wires before working at any area as well as take proper consent from higher authorities before doing work at any electrical pole. They were asked about development of electrocution injuries, the immediate effects and the serious effects of electrocution. Gathered data was entered and analysed by the SPSS(version20.0).  Frequency tables were generated for all possible variables. Chi Square was applied to find association between different variables.

RESULTS: Total participants were 278. The mean age of the linemen was 41.57 ±  9.673 years.(23 - 59).The mean job duration of the interviewed linemen was 18.6891 ± 10.39828 years. 160 (57.6%) of the linemen interviewed said that they developed electrocution injuries while working. 79 (28.4%) linemen claimed that the electrocution injuries were serious. 12 % (4.3%) linemen developed disability due to electrocution injuries.

CONCLUSION: All 278 linemen who were interviewed told about opting all SOPs and wearing PPEs before starting field work including work at distribution poles, and transmission lines and no fatal injury happened to them. However, despite opting all SOPs , electrocution events occurred which proved that there were certain loopholes that need to be addressed properly.