Energized Power Line Down
On Top of Excavator
February 16, 2010
Tuesday
Ketchikan, Alaska - Monday morning at 8:07 am, the Ketchikan
Fire Department responded to a report of "a power line down
on a construction site" in the vicinity of the Harbor Master
offices in the 2900 block of Tongass Avenue.
The power line appeared
to be energized and the equipment operator, an employee of S&S
Construction, was advised by Ketchikan Fire Department personnel
to remain inside the unit until Ketchikan Public Utilitiy Electric
arrived.
Photo courtesy Ketchikan Fire Department
According to Ketchikan Fire Department's Fire Chief Jim Hill,
when fire crews arrived they found that an excavator had knocked
the power line down on top of the equipment. The line appeared
to be energized and the equipment operator, an employee of S&S
Construction, was advised to remain inside the unit until Ketchikan
Public Utilitiy Electric arrived.
On arrival, the KPU Electric
crew shut-down the power, and the operator stepped off the equipment
safely.
Source of News & Photograph:
Ketchikan Fire Department
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