Abstract: A power line worker was on a utility pole, cutting a guy. The employee was not wearing any electrical protective equipment. He was electrocuted when the cut guy contacted an overhead power line.

Abstract: Two power line workers were working from the two-person bucket of an aerial lift, installing a new 34.5-kilovolt overhead power line as a replacement for an existing 34.5-kilovolt line. The employees were installing the lines on new utility poles that were replacing shorter existing poles. The existing line ran horizontally from the existing pole to the new one and was temporarily stapled to the new pole at a point about 15 feet below where the new line was being installed. After installing one of the conductors of the new line, one of the employees lowered the aerial lift to the level of the old pole, a distance of about 15 feet, and placed the bucket so that it rested on the existing energized power line. He then reached over to the pole to release the existing grounded static wire that was stapled to the pole. The employee was electrocuted when he touched the static wire. (Current passed through the bottom of the bucket.)

Abstract: A POWER LINE WORKER WAS IN THE BUCKET OF AN AERIAL LIFT, ATTACHING PROTECTIVE GROUNDS TO A DEENERGIZED 34-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THERE WAS A PLASTIC LINER IN THE FIBERGLASS BUCKET. AN ENERGIZED 12-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED 56 INCHES BELOW THE DEENERGIZED LINE. HOWEVER, THE EMPLOYEE HAD FAILED TO INSTALL INSULATING COVERS OVER THE ENERGIZED LINE, AS REQUIRED BY HIS EMPLOYER. THE EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLETED ONE OF FOUR CONNECTIONS. THE UNCONNECTED GROUND WIRES DANGLED OUT OF THE BUCKET. ONE OF THE DANGLING CONDUCTORS CONTACTED THE 12-KILOVOLT POWER LINE WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS TOUCHING ANOTHER PART OF THIS CONDUCTOR. THE EMPLOYEE, WHOSE BACK WAS IN CONTACT WITH EITHER THE CONNECTED GROUND WIRE OR THE LINE CONDUCTOR, WAS ELECTROCUTED.