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    SACO, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A lineman working on a utility pole died Monday when he fell 55 feet to his death.
    Sgt. Chris Handiman from the Saco Police Department tells NEWS CENTER that the lineman, who was working for Hawkeye, Inc., fell from the pole off the Boom Road just before 4:00pm.
    Officials are not yet releasing the man's name, but they do say he was 44-years-old and from Maine.
    Police also say it appears all the proper safety equipment was being used, and the investigation continues into what exactly went wrong. OSHA has been notified of the accident.
    Hawkeye, Inc. is based in New York. Click

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    Dam it! RIP brother!

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    Prayers to this man's family and co-workers.

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    Police also say it appears all the proper safety equipment was being used.
    Does that sound like something the police would say?.
    Seems I see that allot these days.
    God bless our lost brother, prayers to the family.

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    For F sake. If he was here and was "useing" his corect saftey gear.he couldn't have fallen. We are permenently attached AT ALL TIMES.

    RIP mate. And prayers to his family an friends.
    IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD LUCK WE WOULD HAVE NO LUCK AT ALL. !

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    This was a second step apprentice, climbing a wood transmission pole. From the details I heard, he was using two JELCO straps, and apparently as he was climbing around an obstruction on the pole, and double belting, he accidentally unsnapped the strap that was around the pole and fell to his death.
    Climbing belts with one D ring on each side were not designed to have multiple straps attached to the D rings, it was always a cardinal sin to have something other than your skid snapped into the D ring before all this "100% fall protection" stuff came along. It really becomes a clusterf*#k with 3 snaps on one D ring, something that the clowns coming up with all these rules never take into consideration. Maybe the contractors should start buying us climbing belts with double D rings if they are going to require us to climb with two skids - if it becomes a requirement for us to switch to double D rings, the contractor must supply this, not the linemen.
    My deepest sympathies to our fallen brother's family.
    Living my life and loving it!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Highplains Drifter View Post
    SACO, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A lineman working on a utility pole died Monday when he fell 55 feet to his death.
    Sgt. Chris Handiman from the Saco Police Department tells NEWS CENTER that the lineman, who was working for Hawkeye, Inc., fell from the pole off the Boom Road just before 4:00pm.
    Officials are not yet releasing the man's name, but they do say he was 44-years-old and from Maine.
    Police also say it appears all the proper safety equipment was being used, and the investigation continues into what exactly went wrong. OSHA has been notified of the accident.
    Hawkeye, Inc. is based in New York. Click
    RIP brother

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    Default his name was John Plante 44 years old, what a bummer


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    RIP brother, prayer to his family

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