A cable television installer was working from an aerial lift bucket as he strung wires for television cable. He was using a saw to cut tree branches which were in the way. As he elevated the bucket to reach more branches, his head touched a 7,620 volt line. A co-worker saw the victim fall over, so he lowered the bucket. With the help of a police officer he attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but the victim did not survive. When investigators looked at the conditions and events leading up to this fatal incident, they found no written record of safety training for this […]

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