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Loading poles. four man crew. we were loading a 55 ft pole and one end was caught under some of the other poles in the pile. the boom of the pitman was at a 45 and the guy running the boom let the line go slack without the crew leader knowing it. the crew leader went to move the top of an other pole and the pole in the air came clashing down on just missing two of the lineman that were on that end of the pole pile. we load poles almost every week . I think we take this part of the job for granted too much. watch your ass at all times and your crew-members too. Rich.