Examples
- Two workers were moving an aluminum ladder. The ladder came in contact with the overhead power lines and electrocuted one of the workers.
Don't be electrocuted by contacting overhead high voltage power lines.
- When a worker raised the mast on his water well drilling truck, it came into contact with high voltage overhead lines and electrocuted him.
- The boom of a rotary drilling truck contacted an overhead power line and electrocuted the worker. The victim and another worker had just finished drilling a water well on a residential property. The victim moved the truck away from the well. The victim was standing at the controls, lowering the boom and was thrown several feet away from the truck.
- A worker fell to the concrete floor while working from an 8' fiberglass step ladder. He was fatally injured and electrocuted. The worker was changing an energized ballast on a two bulb fluorescent light fixture, located approximately 11' 6" off the ground.
- A worker was electrocuted while connecting a replacement electrical service box to the electrical service drop to the building.
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7-2. In a worse-case scenario, what is likely to happen to a worker if he or she contacts a high voltage overhead power line with a metal ladder or pole?
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