Abstract: A power line crew was installing conductors onto new poles and removing old wiring from an existing pole. The crew was reusing the existing neutral conductor. To maintain the neutral during the changeover, the employees had connected a temporary jumper from the existing neutral to the new neutral, which crossed the road. The three 12.4-kilovolt (7200-volt-to-ground) phase conductors had been connected and energized. One of the power line workers on the crew was working from an Altec aerial lift, which he had positioned between the outside phase conductor and the neutral. He was installing a permanent jumper on the neutral conductor. The employee was wearing rubber insulating sleeves, but apparently was not wearing rubber insulating gloves. He was electrocuted when he contacted the phase conductor with the upper left portion of his back while he was touching the neutral conductor with his left hand.