Reply With QuoteI hope the man will recover. We were just discussing with our squeeks how dangerous spotting, loading, and unloading poles can be. We actually had a 50' class 1 cedar pole snap on a trailer 2 months ago, after it had been loaded, and was being stapped down.
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06-13-2007, 06:11 PM #1
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Man Hurt At East KY Power Company
Featured Sponsor"A man was airlifted to UK Hospital with serious injuries Monday after a crane cable at a Clark County power company snapped, causing a wooden pole to fall and hit him.
The incident happened at about 12:45 p.m. Monday at East Kentucky Power in Winchester. Spokesperson Nick Comer says a contractor who does not work for the power company was moving an 80-foot-long pole weighing about 5,200 pounds onto a truck when a cable broke on the rig, causing the pole to drop, hitting the contractor.
The man, whose name hasn't been released, is a contractor with Irby Construction."
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06-17-2007, 04:05 PM #2
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06-26-2007, 11:08 PM #3
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our safety man told us that the lineman is still in a coma. this has been almost a month does anyone know what happened and who was hurt?
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06-28-2007, 07:09 PM #4
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Sorry no Update.
Featured SponsorrI have not heard anything sense the accident about this lineman or his condition, but I will try to talk with some friends and see what the word is.
