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Submitted By -Lineman nearly crushed to death
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While attempting to change out a three phase bank of 50kva trans., our cont. foreman had climbed the pole to help the lineman in the bucket truck. The digger operater had already attached the cable to to one of the transformers. When the lineman on the pole went to tighten the tension band bolt, the transformer rack split, causing the transformers to swing down and catch the foreman in-between to of the trans. The foreman was able to climb down the pole, and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. He suffered bruised and fractured ribs and sever bruises on his lower extremities. Remember to always check the conditiion of any apparatus before working on it.
STAY ALERT AND DON'T GET HURT!