NSTAR Employee Rescued - Hydraulic Line Bursts Caches Fire

[mscheuerer]

Thanks to the help of nearby co-workers an N-Star Lineman was rescued atop a pole when an hydraulic line burst catching the bucket he was in on fire.

Story and Video:

http://www.wickedlocal.com/somervill...#axzz1RRMyRVBh

Be Safe
-M

[hotwiretamer]

That's one crazy story. How are the linehands doing?

[loodvig]

WOW What a video! Hope they are OK.

[MI-Lineman]

Dam! Glad they're all OK! That tire goin made me jump!

Seems like incidents with hydraulics catchin fire's happenin more frequently? We had somethin like this happen a little while back?

[BigClive]

There is a history of events like this on Powerlineman.com .
One of the saddest was when a guy died after trying to jump from a blazing bucket onto an adjacent bank of earth, but the bucket recoiled when he jumped caused him to fall straight down.

[230kv_barehand]

Man these guys are lucky! Hope none of them suffered any burns.

[duckhunter]

I'm not saying that this is the case, however, if you have hydraulic leaks on those tool circuits, get them fixed or leave the truck in.

[230kv_barehand]

The only luck these guys had was a brother willing to risk his life and safety, and responded thinking fast. If that company doesn't put him in for the Life Savers Award, then nobody deserves it.
Even the guy that come in and moved the second vehicle, has some guts.

Yea they were lucky the guy was in the vicinity. If not we're possibly talking 2 dead linemen instead of a close call. And yes the guy should be commended for saving these guys.