Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/10772618
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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2000-5-4
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pubmed:abstractText |
This article examines the implications of a 10 gauss (G) occupational threshold limit value (TLV) on the work practices of a utility that must maintain and repair 500 and 230 kV transmission lines. Three work practices are compared: bare-handed work with live lines (the current practice at the example utility), use of hot sticks, and de-energizing lines prior to work. Bare-handed work with live lines leads to occasional exceedances of the 10 G TLV. Use of hot sticks and de-energizing lines eliminate these exceedances, but they do so at a price. Both practices increase the job duration and, as a result, may increase occupational injury risks. The annual costs for the current live-line, bare-handed practice is approximately $175,000. Use of hot sticks increases this annual cost of maintenance and repair by 30 to 55%. De-energizing lines can increase annual costs by $4 million to $14 million, due to the need for adding additional electricity generation during the planned outages. De-energizing lines also increases the risk to service reliability slightly.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:issn |
1529-8663
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
61
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
76-81
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:10772618-Costs and Cost Analysis,
pubmed-meshheading:10772618-Electric Injuries,
pubmed-meshheading:10772618-Electromagnetic Fields,
pubmed-meshheading:10772618-Human Engineering,
pubmed-meshheading:10772618-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:10772618-Los Angeles,
pubmed-meshheading:10772618-Models, Economic,
pubmed-meshheading:10772618-Occupational Exposure,
pubmed-meshheading:10772618-Power Plants,
pubmed-meshheading:10772618-Risk Assessment,
pubmed-meshheading:10772618-Threshold Limit Values,
pubmed-meshheading:10772618-United States
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pubmed:articleTitle |
An analysis of the implications of a magnetic field threshold limit value on utility work practices.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Industrial Engineering, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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