Posted: 01/27/2012
GOLD CANYON, AZ - Authorities say a man was critically injured when he was shocked while working on high voltage power lines in the east Valley.
Apache Junction Deputy Fire Chief David Montgomery said fire crews responded to a reported electrocution east of Gold Canyon around noon Friday.
He said crews had difficulty getting to the remote location with no maintained road system.
Montgomery said the 40-year-old male had been treated by fellow Salt River Project workers using an Automated External Defibrillator they carried with them. He said their quick actions kept the victim alive until advanced emergency medical care arrived at the scene.
The victim was air-lifted to Maricopa County Burn Center with life-threatening injuries.http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region...ing-power-line
Montgomery said workers told fire crews that the power to the high-voltage lines had been disconnected, but that the lines may have been back-fed from another source that was not disconnected.
The victim was not identified. His current condition is unknown.
Portable defibrillators were first invented to save the lives of linemen. Where's yours?
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Thanks, i heard about this, but couldn't find any info on it Saturday.
We don't have them in our trucks yet, we keep asking about them. We have one in our warehouse, so I guess we are safe in the morning when we show up, and in the evening when we return to the shop!
There is only one warehouseman, so I guess he would have to rig it on himself if he had heart failure!
we have them on all big buckets, warehouse, metershop, mechanic garage. We get recertified every year on them..
Tell me this guys... we are being told like it is a religion in school to always verify a line is not hot/dead, and then ground it afterwards even if you open up a switch yourself... in real life, does this not happen?
Good to hear... it just makes sense IMO... made me wonder in the real world if crews just get so close/trusting of each other that this gets over looked or something. Thanks for the clear up.