another accident

[iceman1]

heard that a guy passed on today,from what i was told he got phase to phase then to ground

[iceman1]

Utility worker electrocuted in Port Orange


STAFF REPORT


PORT ORANGE — A utility worker replacing power poles was electrocuted this afternoon.

The unidentified worker may be from Brevard County, police said, and was injured while working on power lines after 4:30 p.m. at Dunlawton Avenue and City Center. He was pronounced dead at 5:11 p.m. at Halifax Health Medical Center of Port Orange, said Capt. Wayne Miller, spokesman.

The victim was working for East Coast Utilities of Melbourne, which is subcontracted by Florida Power & Light to replace wooden poles with ones made of concrete from Spruce Creek Road to Interstate 95, police said.

[CPOPE]

Utility worker electrocuted, dies
Susan Jacobson | Sentinel Staff Writer
7:27 PM EDT, July 9, 2008
A man working on power lines was electrocuted Wednesday when he accidentally touched live equipment, Port Orange police said.

The East Coast Utilities worker was in a bucket truck, transferring power lines to concrete power poles, when he contacted live equipment at the top of the poles about 4:35 p.m., police said. His co-workers tried to resuscitate him, and rescue workers took him to Halifax Health Medical Center.

But the man, whose name was not released because his family had not been notified, was pronounced dead about 5:10 p.m.

Power in the area temporarily went out when the man touched the equipment.

[IronLine]

Oh no! POWER WENT OUT IN THE AREA?! That's really irritating. Makes me want to just slap the shit out of these reporters.

[grizzlybuck]

My thoughts and prayers to our fallen Brothers family.

The knuckleheads in the media have to talk about the outage, since they are so ignorant about everything else concerning our jobs, the hazards involved and the recent changes in manpower and training because of a lack of manpower and the loss of so many experienced hands, they simply do not know what else to report.

[iceman1]

heard today that he contacted a primary dip with a shoulder and the concrete pole with the other it was 7620

[iceman1]

Electrocuted utility worker identified

By SETH ROBBINS
STAFF WRITER


PORT ORANGE -- Police have identified a utility worker who was electrocuted while working on a utility pole.

Robert Dennis Letlow, 49, of Mims, died Wednesday about 5:11 p.m., just minutes after he was shocked.

He was employed by East Coast Utilities, a Brevard County company sub-contracted by Florida Power & Light to replace wooden utility poles with concrete ones aimed at strengthening the system against hurricane damage from Interstate 95 to Spruce Creek Road, police Capt. Wayne Miller said today.

"They began this work on Monday and the crews today were transferring wires to the new poles," he said. "He obviously touched something live"

The work was being done close to Port Orange police department headquarters on Dunlawton Avenue.

"We were sent a letter about the work and told there may be intermittent power outages," Miller said. "We didn't realize there was a problem until we heard the rescue call."

Letlow was unconscious in the bucket truck in which he was working, Miller said. Co-workers performed CPR until paramedics arrived on Dunlawton Avenue and City Center.

Power went out momentarily on the block in which the accident occurred, which is also where the Port Orange Police Department is located.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will investigate the accident, Miller said.

This is the third electrocution in Volusia County since May.

[BigClive]

So primary to the concrete pole. I wonder what actuall current flowed. If the concrete was dry then it would still have sustained a modest current, but not necessarily enough to cause serious physical injury. It would almost certainly have been enough to put his heart into fibrillation.

I'm not even going to say the rest......

Ironically if they do issue them to the workers then threads like this will be less frequent.

[old lineman]

"According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), nearly 50 percent of all utility workers across the U.S. will reach or approach retirement age in the next 10 years.
This of course, means many new workers will be needed in the industry. As a new generation of workers enters the work force, each individual will need to learn how to work safely given the hazards associated with the work".
Nice to know someone sees a problem before it arrives. Maybe the utilities should start doing something know.
We all see what happens when we are warned and doing dick about it.
Wasn't it in 1974 that we were short of gas and the price went through the roof, if you could find it?
Sounds like Deja vu all over again.
The Old lineman

[jaxtaz]

Heard to day from Fpl ccr in North fl that emp made contact with his neck with pirmary jumper on high side of a cutout while his elbow was in contact with the concreat pole....