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CO RD 125 & 1/2 MI E OF CO RD 158, MONTGOMERY, MN 56069
Standard 19260955 C03
Initial $7,000
Standard 19260955 C02
Standard 19260952 C01
Standard 19260601 B05
Standard 19260951 A01 II
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ACCIDENTALLY REENERGIZED LINE
AN EMPLOYEE (EMPLOYEE #1) WAS COILING UP WIRE ON A FARM. THE LINE WAS DEENERGIZE D AT THE TIME. THE GENERAL FOREMAN AT A REMOTE SITE TOLD A SECOND EMPLOYEE TO PU T THE JUMPER FROM THE NEW LINE TO THE TAP. WHEN THIS WAS DONE, IT REENERGIZED TH E OLD LINE BECAUSE A JUMPER WAS STILL ON THE OLD LINE. THE FOREMAN DID NOT SEE T HAT THE JUMPER WAS STILL CONNECTED TO THE OLD LINE; BUT WHEN HE SAW THE FLASH, H E REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE JUMPED INTO HIS PICKUP, DROVE TO WHERE HE LAST SAW EMPLOYEE #1, AND SAW A THIRD EMPLOYEE GIVING CPR TO EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ELECTROCUTED.
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