wtdoor67
06-13-2008, 08:56 AM
Learned of a burn accident that happened this week in Western Ok. with PSO.
Forgive me but even considering hindsight it was a dumb accident.
A 3 man crew was replacing a 3 phase tangent pole. This pole had a 3 phase tap on it. The voltage was 4 KV. The best I can gather the 3 phase tap was undinged and thrown on the ground. After replacing the bad pole the set of doubles was placed under the tangent arm. The cutouts for the takeoff were mounted on the doubles with the cutout brackets in the low position. The tops of the cutouts were then heated up. Dumb. The foreman was in the bucket and attempting to put the wire and bells back in their original position. Having some difficulty he grasped the wire under his arm pit and managed to get his shoulder into the top of the energized cutout. Since the tap load was still closed he of course picked up load when this ocurred. This put him into the burn center. The apprentice, who was originally on the pole had become alarmed and gotten down. The other lineman on the ground used the lower controls to bring the injured man down. This man actually had on rubbers and sleeves. You can't fix stupid I guess. Ironically they think that the fact he had a pace maker might have saved his life. Too many mistakes to list on this one.
Forgive me but even considering hindsight it was a dumb accident.
A 3 man crew was replacing a 3 phase tangent pole. This pole had a 3 phase tap on it. The voltage was 4 KV. The best I can gather the 3 phase tap was undinged and thrown on the ground. After replacing the bad pole the set of doubles was placed under the tangent arm. The cutouts for the takeoff were mounted on the doubles with the cutout brackets in the low position. The tops of the cutouts were then heated up. Dumb. The foreman was in the bucket and attempting to put the wire and bells back in their original position. Having some difficulty he grasped the wire under his arm pit and managed to get his shoulder into the top of the energized cutout. Since the tap load was still closed he of course picked up load when this ocurred. This put him into the burn center. The apprentice, who was originally on the pole had become alarmed and gotten down. The other lineman on the ground used the lower controls to bring the injured man down. This man actually had on rubbers and sleeves. You can't fix stupid I guess. Ironically they think that the fact he had a pace maker might have saved his life. Too many mistakes to list on this one.