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2807 WEST COUNTY RD 75, MONTICELLO, MN 55362
Standard 19100333 C03III A
Employee Is Electrocuted When Lift Contacts Power Line
At approximately 9:30 am on September 17, 2008, Employee #1 was performing maint enance duties from a JLG aerial lift at the Xcel nuclear plant located in Montic ello, MN. He was an employee of United Rentals and had arrived onsite earlier in the morning to perform a standard maintenance check on the lift to ensure it wa s in good operating condition. The lift was owned by United Rentals and was bein g leased to Xcel Energy on that particuar jobsite. While extending the 60 ft boo m from the operator station located near the left rear tire of the machine, the basket came into contact with an overhead power line running from an adjacent su bstation and Employee #1 was electrocuted.
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