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At the time, OSHA Atlanta acting director William Grimes stated, "Basic safety precautions -- responsible training and appropriate protective equipment -- could have saved this worker's life.
A company Internet site described Pike Electric as an electrical contracting firm with 4, employees, founded in Its service area includes the Southeast and areas as far north as Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Worker Electrocuted A day on the job turned deadly, when a man was electrocuted in Hancock County.
It happened Wednesday afternoon, as an electrical crew worked at a sub-station in Washington Township. The sheriff's department says a male electrician came in contact with a grounded line and was electrocuted. We won't know who the victim is until authorities notify the family.
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Around 11 a. The team began working after lightning and rain appeared to have passed. The lightning struck nearby. It did not strike him. It did not strike the bucket truck," Ed Clark, of Austin Energy, said. As a precaution, Fowler was taken to Brackenridge Hospital for overnight observation. It happened around a. Officials say the employees were in the process of working on power switches when a flash of electricity sparked in the process and injured them.
They were taken to Strong Memorial Hospital. The extent of their injuries is unknown at this time but they were conscious on their way to the hospital. Around 3, customers are without power in the downtown area. Those affected are between the Goodman Street and Scio Street area. Worker Burned By Electric Shock A Breed Technologies employee working on electrical equipment suffered a volt shock to his hands Monday, rescue workers said. The man, whose name was not released, suffered third-degree burns to his hands and was flown to a Tampa hospital, said Commander Jim Robson of the Lakeland Fire Department.
The incident occurred about p. He was shocked, then walked into a break room where co-workers found him. The man was conscious and talked to emergency workers before he was flown out, Robson said. Peter McElroy, a spokesman for Breed, confirmed that there was an injury at the air bag and seat belt manufacturer company. He said company officials continue to investigate the injury. Boss to face charges over earring electrocution An electrical company boss faces charges for failing to provide a safe environment for a young electrician electrocuted through his earring, police said Wednesday.
Police have sent documents accusing the unnamed year-old electrical company boss from Kawasaki of negligence resulting in death. They say he should have informed the year-old electrician of the dangers involved in working with high voltage electricity, as well as prevented him from wearing the earring that ultimately cost him his life. Police said the young electrician was working in the power room of a building in Tokyo's Shinjuku-ku on Nov.
His earring touched an electrical circuit emanating 6, volts of electricity, killing him instantly. Fellow employees were testing the power flow on a transformer at the time and did not tell him that the high voltage circuit would be operating while he was in the room. The boy had only recently joined the electrical company. Mainichi Shimbun, April 17, A close call Thursday for a utility worker in Luzerne County.
He leaped to safety as his truck exploded in flames. A two-man crew from "Hinkels and McCoy" was replacing a utility pole for P. One worker thirty feet up in the truck's "bucket" jumped to safety just before the truck exploded. The blast was heard blocks away and even though firefighters arrived in minutes, they had to wait while the live line was turned off to fight the flames.
By then the truck was gutted. A nearby home had its windows blown out but no one was hurt. Police, Fire and P. Esteban Cardenas, 25, was perched on a tree limb clipping branches in the back yard of a home at Country Club Drive in Glendora when his tool struck the power line, said Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Ed Osorio.
When Cardenas screamed out in pain, his employer, Exiquio Cazares, 32, of Riverside, tried to knock him out of the tree and suffered first- and second-degree burns to his arm, Osorio said. Firefighters arrived within minutes. It took another 20 to 25 minutes to shut off the power, Osorio said. County paramedics pronounced Cardenas dead at the scene. Cazares was taken to San Dimas Community Hospital and later released. Power was lost briefly for about 2, Edison customers in the area. Myers Co. Both were indicted Dec.
Lane, 20, was killed atop a Mount Prospect electrical tower in on just his second day on the job. Cumpston, 43, was killed in a Plainfield accident in The judge said the men did not qualify as employees of MYR Group under the law, and therefore the parent company could not be accused of failing to properly train them. David Ramsey, a Tesoro electrician, suffered second- and third-degree burns to his right arm while doing electrical maintenance work at the company's Nikiski refinery Saturday morning.
Ramsey was performing turnaround maintenance work on electrical switch gear that had been de-energized, according to refinery manager Rodney Cason. Dust from the cleaning procedure, however, apparently flashed when it came into contact with a nearby switch that still had electricity going to it. Ramsey, who was wearing leather gloves and fire retardant clothing, suffered second-degree burns to his forearm and third-degree burns to his elbow through the protective clothing.
He was given immediate first-aid care at the scene and taken by Nikiski Fire Department ambulance to Central Peninsula General Hospital. Cason said he spoke to Ramsey Monday and the Tesoro employee "is doing really well. He says another construction worker - year-old Benjamin Porter of Virginia Beach - was injured in the accident and was taken to a local hospital. Judkins said the two men were working for a cement subcontractor and pouring a foundation for a duplex when the pump struck a 20,volt power line just after pm.
He says a co-worker performed CPR on Withrow, but could not revive him. Dominion Virginia Power officials are investigating the accident. Firefighter Steve Futrell, public information officer for the Hopkinsville Fire Department, one of the emergency agencies dispatched to the scene, said Holland was working on some power lines at the time of the accident. A co—worker, Devin Thomas, no age or address available, was taken to the hospital, according to HES manager Austin Carroll, but only to make sure he didn't suffer any injuries in the accident.
Lamb said he pronounced Holland dead in the hospital's emergency room at a. The cause of death was ruled "electrocution," according to the coroner. Carroll said Holland and Thomas were working on new utility poles on Fourth Street, which had recently been put up. Holland was the senior lineman on the two—man HES crew. The accident was a rare tragedy for HES, he noted.
He added that HES last suffered a fatality on the job sometime back in the s, and it also involved a lineman. Carroll said both Holland and Thomas were "journeymen linemen," which is the designation for the most experienced employees in that particular job. According to Carroll, HES is investigating the circumstances of the accident. Carroll said Holland was the only one in the HES truck bucket at the time of the accident.
He declined to release additional details, pending the completion of the investigation. No one was injured in the blast shortly before a. The cause was under investigation, Fire Department spokesman Jim Wells said. The nearby school was partially evacuated while smoke wafted out of the substation, Wells said. Students were initially sent to the south end of the school's campus, according to NBC4.
DWP spokeswoman Darlene Battle could not estimate how long the power outage would last or how much damage was caused by the blast.