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SPORTSMAN INN, RM 30, 611 HWY 212 WEST,, MONTEVIDEO, MN 56265
Standard 19260954 E02
Initial $14,000
Standard 19260950 B01
Initial $14,000
Standard 19260021 B02
Initial $2,000
Standard 182065302
Initial $16,000
Standard 19260950 C01
Initial $14,000
Employee electrocuted removing ground wires from tower
On June 7, 2004, Employee #1 was part of five-man crew installing a new static a nd fiber optic line on a 230-kilovolt electrical transmission line tower. Initia lly, three members were assigned to remove the ground wires from the tower; the superintendent then sent two additional members, including Employee #1, to help finish up. Employee #1 climbed the tower and, using the double action clamp on t he end of his lanyard as a wrench, began removing a ground clamp that was still attached to the line phase. He was electrocuted. The normal procedure was to rem ove the ground wire using a hot stick, and to then take the ground clamp off the tower. Employee #1 climbed the tower without any tools and he was not properly supervised by the immediate foreman.
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