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Last week in Columbus Ohio there was a contractor killed. he was working on a switch pole. while trying to pull a #2cu ground wire out of a bucket he was killed. the grid was already connected at the ground and he was pulling it from up in the air. he also had some jumpers in the bucket with him. the ground was going up between hot phases with no cover. i think he was finished pulling the ground wire and had it in the bucket with him. he raised the bucket and one of the jumpers he had with him in the bucket contacted a hot phase, the ground was on his leg. he had his gloves and sleeves on but the jumper that made contact with the energized conductor was on his shoulder. he took all 3 shots from a re-closer and you know how the last shot works! He lost both arms and they wanted to remove his legs but his mother made them remove life support and he died. this young man was only 32 years old. they company he works for is pretty shaky to say the least.