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Submitted By -Energized Neutral
A 47 year old lineman in Arkansas who was climbing past the neutral. As he was moving around his leg touched the neutral while his hands were on the pole. Next thing he remembered was waking up on the ground. He told me the last thing he remembered was taking a step up, feeling the shock and then waking up on the ground. He had burn marks on his palms and the outside of the leg that touched the neutral. According to the doctors he will be fine. He is very lucky. The neutral was energized at primary voltage because 7 or 8 spans away the primary was broken off the crock and laying on the neutral. This was all hidden in a tree.