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    PIKE ELECTRIC INC.
    P.O. BOX 868
    MOUNT AIRY, NC. 27030
    (800) 424-PIKE

    9/11/2000 Pike Electric Inc.-Non Union
    A power line worker was working in an aerial lift. He wedged the bucket between a phase conductor and the neutral conductor of a 14-kilovolt overhead power line. While he was working, the bucket became energized, and the employee was electrocuted. TEN INITIAL VIOLATIONS WORTH $61,000 THAT WAS LOWERED TO TWO VIOLATIONS AND $8,000

    ---One Death (0/1)---

    10/24/2000 Pike Electric Inc.-Non Union
    A power line crew had installed a new utility pole. The employees then removed the transformer from the old pole, lowered it to the ground, and installed new connection hardware on it. A power line worker on the crew mounted the transformer on the new pole. When he began to connect the primary on the transformer to the 7200-volt, single-phase overhead power line, he received an electric shock. The crew supervisor heard a buzzing sound, looked up, and saw the power line worker with one hand on the phase conductor and one hand on the jumper to the transformer. The injured employee was slumped in the aerial lift bucket. The other employees on the crew deenergized the line and lowered the bucket. They removed the injured employee from the bucket and administered cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. An emergency medical services team treated the injured employee on site and transported him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. He had been electrocuted. His coworkers found his rubber insulating gloves and leather protectors in the bottom of the aerial lift bucket. The employee had been wearing only leather gloves.

    ---One Death (0/2)---

    1/25/2001 Pike Electric Inc.-Non Union
    Employee #1, a 45-year-old male, died after fracturing his head when he was struck by an object. THREE INITIAL VIOLATIONS TOTALING $18,900 THAT WAS DROPPED TO ONE VIOLATION TOTALING $6,300

    ---One Death (0/3)---

    1/30/2001 Pike Electric, Inc.-Non Union
    Two power line workers were in an aerial lift, installing an aerial marker on an overhead power line. They had not extended the outriggers on the aerial lift truck. Two ground workers were approximately 2.4 meters from the back of the truck, rolling up grounds. The power line workers elevated the bucket. When the aerial lift bucket reached a height of approximately 19.8 meters, the ground workers noticed that the passenger-side tires were raised above the ground. The aerial lift overturned, crushing both power line workers to death. TWO VIOLATIONS TOTALING $14,000

    ---Two Deaths (0/5)---

    9/19/2002 Pike Electric Inc.-Non Union
    Employees of two contractors, Pike Electric and the Fishel Company, were working to attach an underground power line to a utility pole to an overhead power line through a riser. A Pike Electric employee was kneeling on the ground, holding the lateral cable. He was using a knife to skin the insulation from the cable. An employee of the Fishel Company energized the 7200-volt line from another location. The Pike employee received an electric shock and died at the hospital. FIVE INITIAL PENALTIES AT $22,500 AND BROUGHT DOWN TO FOUR VIOLATIONS AT $18,000

    ---One Death (0/6)---

    11/13/2002 Pike Electric Inc.-Non Union
    Some employees were removing trees as part of a line-clearance operation. The trees were about 3 to 4 meters from an overhead power line. One partially uprooted pine tree was lodged against another tree to the east of the power line. The employees placed two come-alongs around the midsection of the lodged tree and anchored them to the north and east of the tree. One of the employees stood on the northeast side of the lodged tree and cut a notch at its base on the east side. The tree did not fall. The employee cut another notch 1.5 meters above the first cut. The tree apparently fell, and the lower section struck the employee on his leg while the upper section pinned the employee to the ground, crushing his left upper chest. He died of his injuries. TWO INITIAL PENALTIES COSTING $9,500 AND BROUGHT DOWN TO TWO AT $5,000

    ---One Death (0/7)---

    5/13/2004 Pike Electric Inc.-Non Union
    On May 13, 2004, Employee #1 was performing maintenance on an International Novistar truck when the gears engaged and moved forward. He was crushed beneath the rear drivers side tires and killed.

    ---One Death (0/8)---

    8 Deaths since 2000 (that was reported)

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    PAR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC.
    4770 NORTH BELLEVIEW AVENUE
    SUITE 300
    KANSAS CITY, MO. 64116
    (816) 474-9340

    9/27/2000 PAR Electrical Contractors Inc.-Union
    Two power line workers sustained electrical burns. (The original form did not describe how the accident occurred.) ONE INITIAL VIOLATION FOR $18,000 AND BROUGHT DOWN TO TWO VIOLATIONS FOR $450.

    ---Two Injuries (2/0)---

    10/17/2000 PAR Electrical Contractors Inc.-Union
    Employee #1 fractured two ribs in a fall from an elevated position. No safety violations were found.

    ---One Injury (3/0)---

    3 Injuries since 2000 that was reported to OSHA.

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    DILLARD SMITH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
    4001 INDUSTRY DRIVE
    CHATTANOOGA, TN. 37416
    (423) 894-4336

    7/23/2002 Dillard Smith Construction Company-Union
    A power line worker was in a Hi-Ranger aerial lift, clipping in a new overhead power line. He had not covered an existing 7200-volt overhead power line nor was he wearing rubber insulating gloves. The uninsulated section of the boom contacted the energized line while the employee was touching the new, grounded line. The employee was electrocuted when he reached behind his back and contacted the boom or controls. INITIAL PENALTY WAS $7,000 AND DROPPED TO $6,300

    ---One Death (0/1)---

    1 Death since 2000 as reported to OSHA

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    IRBY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
    P.O. BOX 1819
    JACKSON, MS. 39215
    (800) 872-0615

    3/16/2001 Irby Construction Company-Non Union
    A power line worker had completed a maintenance inspection of an H-frame structure supporting an overhead power line and was on top of one of the structure's poles. He was waiting for a helicopter that was used to transfer employees on and off the structures. As the helicopter moved into position for the transfer, the power line worker reached for and grabbed the helicopter's skid. He was unable to maintain his grasp, lost his balance, and fell 18 meters to the ground, landing approximately 7.6 meters away from the base of the structure. He had disengaged his fall protection equipment as the helicopter approached.

    ---One Death (0/1)---

    9/19/2001 Irby Construction Company-Non Union
    A 48-year-old operator/laborer was working at a site where a new substation was being constructed. He was working from an elevated aerial lift platform when the left rear outrigger support failed, causing the aerial lift to overturn. The employee sustained a compression fracture of his back and was hospitalized for 8 days. ONE VIOLATION FOR $18,000

    ---One Injury (1/1)---

    1 Injury and 1 Death since 2000 that was reported.

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    NORTH HOUSTON POLE LINE
    1608 MARGARET STREET
    HOUSTON, TX. 77093
    (713) 691-3616

    8/6/2003 North Houston Pole Line-Union
    There were four employees in the crew. Two linemen were on the ground and two were on the high power electrical structure. Employee #1 (decedent & apprentice) and Employee #2 (a journeyman) had climbed the high power electrical line structure to insert a link in the three lines, phases A, B, and C. The lines had already been de- energized by Reliant Energy. Before employee's #1 and #2 could insert the links in the three lines the induction current had to be bled. The employees first checked the three lines for active voltage. The instrument used was set to detect electricity above 100 KV. The induction current wasn't detected but the linemen knew the induction current had to be bled before it was safe to work the three lines. Employee #2 hooked a jumper from the A phase line to ground. The induction current was bled. Employee #2 connected a jumper from B phase to ground. The induction current was bled. Employee #2 connected the jumper to C phase but connected the path to ground back to B-phase. The induction current was not bled down. The employees were working from the C phase arm. The employees were working from a fiberglass ladder to insert the links. The fiberglass ladder was held in place with a chainfall. The chainfall was touching the C phase line. When employee #1 crabbed the chainfall and the electrical line structure to get on the fiberglass ladder he became the path to ground. Employee #1 stated that he was being shocked. Employee #1 climbed back on C phase arm and collapsed where employee #2 started CPR. FOUR VIOLATIONS WORTH $28,000

    ---One Death (0/1)---

    8/8/2003 North Houston Pole Line-Union
    Two employees were replacing wooden power lines with metal ones when the wooden pole snapped hitting the both employees in the head and killing them. TWO VIOLATIONS WORTH $14,000

    ---Two Deaths (0/3)---

    3 Deaths reported since 2000

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    MASTEC NORTH AMERICA INC.
    800 SOUTH DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR
    CORAL GABLES, FL. 33134
    (305) 599-1800

    6/5/2001 MasTec North America Inc.-Non Union
    A power line worker was working from an insulated aerial lift, replacing a wood utility pole. He was wearing a hard hat, rubber insulating gloves and sleeves, and a flame-resistant shirt. He was installing a crossarm on the new pole and moving the conductors from the old pole to the new one. The phase conductors were wrapped in recently inspected rubber insulating blankets and line hose. As the tension was set in one of the phase conductors, the conductor cut through the insulating blanket and contacted a metal mounting bracket for the neutral conductor. This energized the upper part of the old pole. The metal frame glasses the employee was wearing contacted with the energized metal part of the pole. The employee received an electric shock, which caused him to jerk and pull the new crossarm to his chest. He was electrocuted. ONE VIOLATION COSTING $6,300

    ---One Death (0/1)---

    7/15/2002 MasTec North America Inc.-Non Union
    A power line construction crew was upgrading a 7200-volt, single-phase system to a three-phase system. The crew had crossed all three phases as they were pulling the conductors through the pulleys. An employee was correcting the crossed conductors by cutting and splicing the phase conductors. As he was working on a splice, the end of one of the conductors became birdcaged and would not go into the connector. The employee removed his rubber insulating gloves and adjusted his aerial lift. The jib arm on the aerial lift contacted an energized overhead power line below the bucket. The employee was electrocuted. THREE INITIAL VIOLATIONS FOR $21,000 AND BROUGHT DOWN TO ONE VIOLATION OF $7,000

    ---One Death (0/2)---

    2 Deaths reported to OSHA since 2000.

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    ASPLUNDH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
    708 BLAIR MILL ROAD
    WILLOW GROVE, PA. 19090
    (877) 884-5426

    8/10/2000 Asplundh Construction Company-Non Union
    A power line supervisor was working from an aerial lift, reconnecting a 7620-volt, three-phase overhead power line to insulators on a crossarm on a utility pole. His midsection was leaning against the crossarm, and his elbow apparently touched the middle phase conductor. He was electrocuted. ONE VIOLATION WORTH $7,000

    ---One Death (0/1)---

    1/22/2001 Asplundh Construction Company-Non Union
    A power line worker was working from an aerial lift removing a jumper from a single-phase overhead power line. He contacted the energized conductor and received an electric shock. He died of his injuries 20 days after the accident. ONE VIOLATION WORTH $7,000

    ---One Death (0/2)---

    3/6/2001 Asplundh Construction Company-Non Union
    An employee was replacing a grounded neutral conductor. He fed the new conductor to two other employees. The first employee contacted a 7600-volt overhead power line and received an electric shock. One of the other two employees also received an electric shock. The two injured employees were hospitalized. THREE VIOLATIONS WORTH $15,000 AND BROUGHT DOWN TO ONE VIOLATION FOR $2,500

    ---Two Injured (2/2)---

    2 Injured and 2 Deaths reported since 2000.

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    RED SIMPSON INC. (NOW PIKE ELECTRIC)
    P.O. BOX 868
    MOUNT AIRY, NC. 27030
    (800) 424-PIKE

    1/2/2001 Red Simpson Inc.-Non Union
    An employee was patrolling a 69-kilovolt overhead power line. A limb was hanging on the power line because of an ice storm. The employee approached within 300 to 450 millimeters of the limb and was electrocuted. TWO VIOLATIONS WORTH $10,000

    ---One Death (0/1)---

    4/4/2001 Red Simpson Inc.-Non Union
    A ten member crew was performing maintenance on a 115,000 kilovolt three-way switch. Clearances were obtained and grounds placed before work was started on the deenergized structure. The switches are mounted on a switch frame assembly that is secured to a concrete pole at levels 46 feet, 66 feet and 86 feet above ground. Employee #1 was checking the operation of the opening and closing function of the point switch when he fell 86 feet from the switch frame to the ground. He was wearing a safety harness and lanyard. However, he did not have the lanyard secured to an anchorage. Employee #1's injuries were fatal. FOUR INITIAL VIOLATIONS WORTH $91,000 BUT BROUGHT DOWN TO THREE VIOLATIONS WORTH $21,000

    ---One Death (0/2)---

    3/29/2002 Red Simpson Inc.-Non Union
    A two-person power line crew was unloading new utility poles from the trailer of a boom truck. The poles were for a new three-phase overhead power line. The employees were having difficulty removing one of the new poles from the trailer. The lead power line worker rotated the boom on the truck into an existing 13-kilovolt overhead power line. The second employee, who was leaning against the truck at the time, was electrocuted. THREE VIOLATIONS WORTH $44,500

    ---One Death (0/3)---

    3 Deaths reported since 2000.

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    THE L.E. MYERS COMPANY
    P.O. BOX 3100
    DECATUR, IL. 62526
    (217) 877-0430

    8/30/2000 The L.E. Myers Company-Union
    Two power line workers were working from a utility pole. One of them was tying down a 7200-volt overhead power line conductor with a preformed tie wire. He was wearing rubber insulating gloves. The second employee was beneath him, putting tension on the conductor. The first employee lost his grip on the tie wire, allowing it to unwind. The tie wire hit him under his arm, and he was electrocuted. TWO INITIAL VIOLATIONS FOR $14,000 WERE BROUGHT DOWN TO TWO VIOLATIONS FOR $7,000

    ---One Death (0/1)---

    4/3/2002 The L.E. Myers Company-Union
    A power line contractor had a contract with an electric utility to install a 161-kilovolt overhead power line from a tower to a new switching substation. The contractor was replacing an existing line of 954 MCM ACSR conductors from the North tower to the substation with a new line of 2034 MCM ACSR conductors. The new conductors had been connected at the North tower and were being secured at an A-frame in the substation. The general supervisor had directed the removal of all protective grounding jumpers from the North and South towers. Two employees were in a personnel platform on a crane. A bonding jumper was installed between the phase conductor and the platform on the crane. The truck crane was not adequately grounded to earth. The phase conductor was grounded through the hoist, but no other protective grounds were installed. The two employees had just completed splicing the ends of the three phase conductors from the North tower to their counterparts on the A-frame. Each of the phase conductors was held by a 2.7-metric-ton hoist. The employees had clipped in the first phase conductor. One of them then started to remove the hoist from that conductor and received an electric shock. The employee let go of the hoist, but grabbed it again and gave it a big push to force it away from the conductor. When the hoist separated from the conductor, the employee was electrocuted. The power line on which the employees were working was deenergized; however, a 500-kilovolt overhead power line ran parallel to it. A test on the lower voltage line after the accident found it to be energized at 7000 volts through induction from the higher voltage line. EIGHT VIOLATIONS WORTH $105,000

    ---One Death (0/2)---

    2 Deaths reported since 2000.

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    STURGEON ELECTRIC COMPANY
    P.O. BOX 27046
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT. 84104
    (801) 973-0606

    5/26/2000 Sturgeon Electric Company-Union
    A power line worker was working on a 7200-volt underground power line. The line was mismarked as being deenergized. The employee received an electric shock. She was hospitalized for 2-1/2 days and returned to work the next Monday. FOUR INITIAL PENALTIES TOTALING $2,490 AND BROUGHT DOWN TO FOUR VIOLATIONS FOR $1,225.

    ---One Injured (1/0)---

    6/30/2000 Sturgeon Electric Company-Union
    A power line crew was stringing a new power line beneath an existing overhead power line. An employee on the crew was operating the tension brake on the conductor spool. He was not using electrical protective equipment, and the spool was not grounded. The conductor being installed whipped and contacted the existing power line. The employee was electrocuted. TWO INITIAL PENALTIES TOTALING $18,300 WAS BROUGHT DOWN TO TWO FOR $9,075.

    ---One Death (1/1)---

    1/22/2001 Sturgeon Electric Company-Union
    An apprentice power line worker was pulling overhead power line conductors. A conductor became snagged in a tree. The apprentice whipped the conductor, and it flipped into an existing overhead power line. He received an electric shock. ONE VIOLATION TOTALING $900.

    ---One Injury (2/1)---

    5/30/2002 Sturgeon Electric Company-Union
    A power line crew was on its third day working on a job. The crew was stringing AWG No. 2 aluminum alloy conductors from a horse barn to an overhead power line. The crew had connected one end of a conductor to a pole at about 10.7 meters above the ground. The conductor was being paid from a spool on the back of a truck. As one of the employees drove the truck forward, another employee followed along behind, to ensure that the cable released freely from the spool. If the cable stuck on the spool, the employee behind the truck was to notify the driver to stop the vehicle and free the cable. This employee apparently got caught on the cable as it was being paid out and fell from a height of 6.1 meters to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fracture to his right hip, right wrist, and left heel. ONE FINE TOTALING $500.

    ---One Injury (2/2)---

    4/11/2003 Sturgeon Electric Company-Union
    On April 10, 2003, Employee #1 died of an aortic rupture.

    ---One Death (2/3)---

    2 Injuries and 3 Deaths reported since 2000.

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