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JA -05 GUNFLINT TRAIL, GRAND MARAIS, MN 55604
Standard 19260020 B 1
Initial $10,000
Standard 182065302
Initial $10,000
Standard 19260021 B 2
Initial $10,000
Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Guy
Two power line workers were installing a guy on a utility pole. Both employees w ere standing on the ground. One of them was using a hoist to apply tension to th e guy before it was attached to its ground anchor. The other employee was handli ng coils of wire at the free end of the guy spool, to keep the free wire out of the first employee's way. A jumper wire for connecting the guy to the neutral co nductor had been clamped to the top end of the guy. The jumper had not yet been connected to the neutral, however. As the hoist applied tension to the guy, the wire rotated, moving the free end of the jumper into contact with an overhead po wer line on the pole. The employees, who were both in contact with the guy at th e time, were electrocuted.
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