Electrical lines were grounded and de-energized before a lineman went to work on them, but he still died of electrocution. He was working from an aerial lift with an articulated boom. The basket touched energized lines located beneath the de-energized lines. An insulation defect in the lift basket allowed current to pass through the body of the basket and through the employee, then to the ground by way of a de-energized line. Investigators looking into this fatality found barriers should have been put up to avoid contact with energized lines. As well, there should have been a thorough assessment of the work […]
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