Incident Investigation: Worker on Scissor Lift Electrocuted | WorkSafeBC

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  • @worksafebc
    @worksafebc  Рік тому +1

    Learn more about working safely around electricity: www.worksafebc.com/electricity

  • @markc3197
    @markc3197 5 років тому +294

    And don’t use your tape measure to check if your ten feet

    • @ArnoldsDesign
      @ArnoldsDesign 4 роки тому +2

      Lol

    • @yooogooo4497
      @yooogooo4497 4 роки тому +5

      @IAMTOPWRENCH1 metal or not it could potentially jump as well

    • @marischwab3597
      @marischwab3597 2 роки тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @chrisstern268
      @chrisstern268 2 роки тому +3

      Holy shit hahaha. That's unfortunately necessary to actually mention cause someones gunna do that shit

  • @geot4647
    @geot4647 8 років тому +53

    0:52 I don't think most people understand that just getting relatively close is a problem.

  • @cellogirl11rw55
    @cellogirl11rw55 6 років тому +114

    One time, when my family and I were helping a friend move, we accidentally hit the overhead service line to her apartment. The line grounded itself through the moving truck, and so, we had to wait in the cab for the energy company to de-energize the line and lift it off the truck so we could leave. We were very lucky that was just a low-voltage service line. Bottom line, before you start working, always identify where your utilities are, whether in the ground or above you. It just might save your life.

    • @technomage6736
      @technomage6736 3 роки тому

      My uncle died when a truck caught overhead lines which fell on him.

    • @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki
      @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki 2 роки тому +3

      Someone was smart enough to know you STAY in the cab??

    • @seanmckay3392
      @seanmckay3392 2 роки тому +1

      by low voltage you mean 120v AC instead of 240v AC yeah still enough to stop your heart

  • @neapolis6919
    @neapolis6919 10 років тому +151

    This is terrible. I work for an equipment rental company and we have a safety huddle every morning. Sometimes I think it's stupid because of the things they come up with. But they are right, We all need to be reminded of the situations we can encounter on the yard while checking a unit out and are not any different on the job site, Just different circumstances to deal with. Do a 360 degree evaluation up and down before beginning any type of work. At least that's the way we do it. Be Safe!

    • @markhenry6622
      @markhenry6622 4 роки тому +3

      yard needed to delineate where lifts were not allowed. perhaps with a substantial speed bump.
      I'm gonna guess it's there now.

    • @prestonhanson501
      @prestonhanson501 2 роки тому

      Well they do it because somebody has done it at one point

  • @MRMILO57
    @MRMILO57 9 років тому +19

    Great video it teaches people at how dangerous electricity is.

  • @fr89k
    @fr89k 4 роки тому +9

    My father worked in the railway industry and in that year when they distributed flyers in schools teaching them about the dangers of train voltage lines, significantly more teenagers climbed onto parked trains (and sometimes died)...

    • @forceawakens4449
      @forceawakens4449 8 місяців тому

      Everytime someone idiot proofs something, the universe creates better idiots.

  • @mikedisanto8399
    @mikedisanto8399 9 років тому +193

    You would think a lift rental place located under power lines would have taken precautions against lifting in that area?

    • @darkmachine165
      @darkmachine165 4 роки тому +10

      You are giving to much intellectual credit to society.

    • @kennethsouthard6042
      @kennethsouthard6042 3 роки тому +8

      You would think that they would have a red zone painted on the ground prohibiting the raising of lifts or anything else that could get in danger range of the lines. In addition signs everywhere in that area as well.

    • @artemiserectus
      @artemiserectus 3 роки тому +3

      They put up a couple signs afterwards. Lesson learned.

    • @Sc0pee
      @Sc0pee 2 роки тому

      @@artemiserectus They already had signs in place though. I don't think adding some more signs will cut it, if there is such lacking guidance for the new workers.

  • @deniboy1570
    @deniboy1570 3 роки тому +6

    I am working with scissor lifts and articulating booms and one of the main rule what we learn at the start of of the job, is to always check your surroundings. For example, our rental yards have no power cable or any cable going through above

  • @goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644
    @goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644 4 роки тому +3

    Retired lineman 33 years and saw the after math of numerous accidents like these, a well driller putting his rig into a 7.6 -13.2 kv line killing him, company building fire trucks, operator put boom into 69kv transmission line killed instantly and numerous other burned severely or killed under estimating those overhead lines.

  • @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki
    @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki 2 роки тому +1

    During the big freeze up in 2007?? in North Vancouver the power lines stretched. Four weeks later they started dropping onto the lawns and sidewalks right around Lion Gate Hospital, burning their way right into the ground. It was the first time a BMW driver paid attention when I told her she WASN'T going to go to her car. I stepped out and controlled traffic until the response team could get to the LIVE downed lines. I had photos those lines burning into the lawns, in front of the apts!!!

  • @mikefuentes2657
    @mikefuentes2657 2 роки тому +2

    I’ve made a living from a scissor lift. They are dangerous and should be respected at any skill level. I won’t even drive under a power line let alone raise my lift near one. this person was not thinking.

  • @rts100x5
    @rts100x5 3 роки тому +1

    learned - DEATH is a serious injury

  • @tonyneville476
    @tonyneville476 2 роки тому +3

    Prayers to family 🙏🏻

  • @Syclone0044
    @Syclone0044 11 років тому +66

    Wow, just awful. I almost felt sick when I saw his tennis shoe. What a tragic waste of life! Everybody thinks it won't happen to them until one day it does!!! My heart goes out to all who knew him. I can't imagine how crushing the feelings must be, of wishing you could go back and undo this, but knowing full well that you can't.

    • @archiepoo6876
      @archiepoo6876 10 років тому +8

      so true what if he had kids and a wife it would be so horrible

    • @EphemeralProductions
      @EphemeralProductions 10 років тому +1

    • @kyokogodai-ir6hy
      @kyokogodai-ir6hy 6 років тому +5

      Not a tennis shoe. It was a work boot.

    • @ElTurbinado
      @ElTurbinado 6 років тому +2

      go find the video of the 4 guys pushing scaffolding around and bumping a line.

    • @81eagle
      @81eagle 6 років тому +1

      I have seen that. It sucks.

  • @SpiritBear12
    @SpiritBear12 6 років тому +2

    He wasn't seriously injured, he was fatally injured.

  • @abc-wv4in
    @abc-wv4in Рік тому +2

    A lot of people don't understand that electricity can arc through the air. You don't always have to touch a line to be electrocuted.
    Btw, he was fatally injured, not just seriously injured. Very tragic accident that should not have happened.

  • @bgt63
    @bgt63 5 років тому +2

    Situational awareness is the first and last protection

  • @ryanm7263
    @ryanm7263 7 років тому +36

    When you think about it, it's really kinda crazy how we have thousands and thousands of volts hanging all over the place, everywhere we go.

    • @johnbell3621
      @johnbell3621 4 роки тому +1

      Maybe if everyone just stopped using them.

    • @euneadventure3112
      @euneadventure3112 4 роки тому +10

      in reality,they should go underground,not above our heads...

    • @phyllisreese6476
      @phyllisreese6476 3 роки тому

      Real Scary

    • @AA-ke5cu
      @AA-ke5cu 2 роки тому

      @@euneadventure3112 then all the worms would die and you wouldn't have bait for fish. Would exterminate termites; that's a plus.

  • @JungleYT
    @JungleYT 6 років тому +5

    There was a news reporter out here in Los Angeles - Adrienne Alpert who was seriously injured when her news van raised the antenna ( incompetent technician ) and touched an overhead power line in 2000.

    • @andread8251
      @andread8251 3 роки тому +1

      She wasn’t injured until she opened the door to exit the van and her foot touched the ground.

  • @JoeOmmen-df4uy
    @JoeOmmen-df4uy Рік тому +1

    My son wants to do scissor lift safety training after watching this uh uh no way am I letting my son on that death trap he'll take up a more safe job

  • @giogio4833
    @giogio4833 2 роки тому +1

    Never mind ten feet...just don't go anywhere near them

  • @BobABooey.
    @BobABooey. 9 років тому +247

    "The worker, seriously injured, did not survive." I guess being killed is being seriously injured.

    • @NandaRoxNUShould2
      @NandaRoxNUShould2 9 років тому +24

      Great catch there! That's like being killed to death!

    • @asj3419
      @asj3419 9 років тому +21

      he might have died in hospital

    • @国太郎日本
      @国太郎日本 8 років тому +24

      might've been alive nearly dead tho. cause of death might be his skin burnt so badly that respiration failed, and suffocated. apparently, this happens when a person falls into molten metal/lava, it doesn't instantly kill you i heard.

    • @brandonhackbarth6213
      @brandonhackbarth6213 8 років тому +25

      Sod Alfredsod yeah. He was seriously injured. Bad enough he didnt survive. He must not have died instantly.

    • @Sodiumreactor
      @Sodiumreactor 8 років тому +7

      I think mortally injured would be the correct term.

  • @JesusChristIsLord__
    @JesusChristIsLord__ 6 років тому +3

    Electrocution is a portmanteau of Electric and Execution. Hence, the term Electro-cution means execution (or death) by electricity. The man did not die as a direct result of electrocution... something to keep in mind WorkSafeBC.

  • @scarakus
    @scarakus 7 років тому +33

    Good animation, I thought he got vaporized for a second, until i noticed the hand sticking up, lol!

  • @LVL1Yo-YoGuy
    @LVL1Yo-YoGuy 9 років тому +55

    they should make voltage sensors on lifts if it gets within couple feet it disables the lift.

    • @u1f98a
      @u1f98a 9 років тому +10

      +Rudy c It'd make more sence to re-enable and go down.

    • @LK-pc4sq
      @LK-pc4sq 9 років тому +11

      +Rudy c That is not a bad idea.

    • @JeaneGenie
      @JeaneGenie 6 років тому +10

      Far easier to get into the habit of looking up first

    • @lucidtickle8347
      @lucidtickle8347 5 років тому +10

      Or at least an Alarm or something lol

    • @omoyomoyo6986
      @omoyomoyo6986 5 років тому +3

      great idea !

  • @michaelcostello6991
    @michaelcostello6991 3 роки тому +1

    Good warning. This reports help people to understand the danger

  • @OriginalWhiteDevil
    @OriginalWhiteDevil 3 роки тому +1

    We cut trees and we don't work around power lines. I know a climber that got electrocuted when he leaned back into a line when he was up in a tree. The current went through his body and blew a hole through his boot. He was completely incapacitated and a rescue had to be performed to lower him to the ground. He ended up living, but he has permanent injuries. He still does tree work, but rarely gets in a tree now.

  • @hannecatton2179
    @hannecatton2179 5 років тому +2

    Not a problem here in Denmark as most power lines are buried. Expensive to do but pays off after time due to savings on lack of weather related power outages , accidents and the attendant costs involved in those two scenarios.

  • @BenHutchinson321
    @BenHutchinson321 2 роки тому +1

    Two big flaws. When his cab got too high, instead of just switching off the lever for vertical movement, he pannicked and defensively put his hand up. That was a fatal mistake.
    Also, if you ever need to use any kind of lift device or crane under power lines, never deploy the ground straps. Those are only needed when fueling the vehicle to drain static electricity (a static spark can light gasoline). If this lift truck had been ungrounded, the current from the power lines would have no reason to travel through him to reach ground, because there would be no ground to reach. The rubber tires would have insulated the vehicle.

  • @ErichH68
    @ErichH68 4 роки тому +1

    Reading is fundamental as in read the warnings on the lift!

  • @lucyinthesky4682
    @lucyinthesky4682 8 місяців тому

    Why would you ever lift your hand up near a power line? I'm GenX and we were stupid and did dangerous crap but one of thr very first things I learned was stay away from power lines.

  • @theresalacey6126
    @theresalacey6126 2 роки тому +4

    RIP young man

  • @DaveSuperDaveLyon
    @DaveSuperDaveLyon 5 років тому +18

    "While job shadowing of more senior workers is essential, don't rely on that alone for training"
    Yeah, maybe don't rely on it alone, but you damn sure better pay attention!

  • @randydavis5350
    @randydavis5350 5 років тому +2

    " The worker- seriously injured" could have and should have been easily avoided. Yet another tragedy.

  • @AR-uw9fw
    @AR-uw9fw 7 років тому +3

    So after someone gets killed they decide to put up signs of warning of the power lines

  • @ASharp
    @ASharp 2 роки тому +1

    We need to give our power line repairmen more respect, cuz this is just cold..

  • @roblow8042
    @roblow8042 3 роки тому

    Thank you Joe Pera

  • @thegeneticmachine270
    @thegeneticmachine270 4 роки тому +23

    The young lady caused the accident.
    He threw up his hand to say “Sup, babe?” and got lit up.

  • @Sparkette
    @Sparkette 3 роки тому +3

    If I hadn't seen this, I'd have assumed I'm safe around power lines as long as I can ensure I don't touch them. But that wouldn't have been a big deal, because I'm not a construction worker.

    • @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki
      @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki 2 роки тому

      BC is HUGE on safety especially around the lower mainland and Vancouver. I can't imagine the concept of safety in "freedom fry" areas like Alberta, Texas, and Florida.

  • @markkulyas2418
    @markkulyas2418 5 років тому +6

    10 feet hell no, stay 30 feet away just for good measure.

    • @hanwentian5079
      @hanwentian5079 Рік тому

      Yes. It's like "you are technically okay if you are just 10 feet away but I am not sure if you have the gut to walk on the edge of death"

  • @keithpurduecroft
    @keithpurduecroft 7 років тому +2

    Rule #1: do not become a resistor or a ground.

  • @WRX7182
    @WRX7182 3 роки тому +5

    what about power utility companies that work right beside live lines? I saw one time they were working with live lines and didn’t actually see what started the event, but there was an enormous flash and the heat and light was incredible. Guy in the basket was ok but wow what a scare for me who doesn’t work around electric lines like that. the power of electricity is no joke.

  • @carlosanaya4149
    @carlosanaya4149 Рік тому +1

    Not something you want to mess with.

  • @Brind-amour
    @Brind-amour 6 років тому +11

    RIP young man.

  • @mattlechner8442
    @mattlechner8442 10 місяців тому

    also, it pays to get the right facts and not just "assume" if you're confronting a risk with technical/engineering aspects. Utility companies are generally willing to give technical/informational type help when asked. We can't all know everything. Sometimes is really pays to ask someone who really knows.

  • @charlessmith263
    @charlessmith263 5 років тому +4

    These BC-recommended distances from high voltage lines are there for a reason! You do not follow these rules - you get electrocuted or die! Also - there is the static electricity theory involving flashover and being too close to the lines. Next time on a very dry, winter day, touch your fingertip to any metallic object. The voltage from any static electricity shock in this case has much lower amperage than that of the power lines with high voltage, so getting even close to, say, a metallic doorknob - say, 1/16 of an inch without touching it, and the flashover results - you see a spark and then you get the jolt from it - which is the shock. So a good rule of thumb is to stay away from at least 1/8 inch from all metallic objects whenever RH is extremely low and it is very cold, which will create perfect conditions for static electricity shocks - until you can find a way to discharge them safely. So use these static electricity shocks to send you a warning of a shocking electrocution that will happen if you disobey minimum clearances from high voltage lines.

  • @coenwatt9458
    @coenwatt9458 3 роки тому +4

    When working with powerlines you must always treat them as if they have no insulation, it the same principal and when you are handling a gun, treat every gun as if it is loaded

  • @phillipkalaveras1725
    @phillipkalaveras1725 6 років тому

    The worker in this video as well as any kid who ever climbed an electrical tower or pole and got electrocuted had any intention of touching the line, they were simply never informed by anyone that electricity can jump through the air. If you already knew this.. have you ever shared it?

    • @randallcarney1216
      @randallcarney1216 3 роки тому

      Ever hear of lightning, that is electricity jumping through the air! The neutral ground wire runs below the primarys, if the boom was to close it would also jump to it .

  • @jonwillard4659
    @jonwillard4659 3 роки тому

    People don't know, that voltage will find a way to ground. It came thru a t40 and blew the tire out where I worked

  • @thelabvlogs6892
    @thelabvlogs6892 3 роки тому +2

    As an Electrical student ., I must agree 👍

  • @dinosaurcomplaints2359
    @dinosaurcomplaints2359 4 роки тому

    Giving is better than recieving!

  • @nancehaas565
    @nancehaas565 5 років тому +2

    wondering if I can get a copy of this video to use in an ehap course,,,, Thanks

    • @worksafebc
      @worksafebc  5 років тому

      We provide downloadable copies of our videos for educational, non-commercial use. To request permission, send details of your request to: copyright [at] worksafebc.com

  • @richsmith8035
    @richsmith8035 7 років тому +9

    I remember seeing a video in my EMT class of a fire dept captain (i beleive was a captain) making contact with overhead wires, while in a snorkel basket. He survived, but it was pretty bad. lost some body parts. This guy was just careless, not paying attention.

  • @have2eat
    @have2eat 4 роки тому +5

    "The worker began to raise his right arm, in what appeared to be a defensive manner". Uhh...

  • @davidabbotts5056
    @davidabbotts5056 5 років тому

    They are good at seriously understating the situation.

  • @Cypher791
    @Cypher791 3 роки тому +2

    I definitely would have thought that within the first 5 minutes of your first day working here somebody would have said.... “So obviously don’t be lifting under them power lines!” ☝️😌

    • @AA-ke5cu
      @AA-ke5cu 2 роки тому

      They said young worker. Teenagers brains don't fully develop untill age 25.

  • @theendofmytether398
    @theendofmytether398 Рік тому

    Power lifting company? Where was the training that teaches you to be aware of hazards, negligence

  • @martinhennigar6365
    @martinhennigar6365 7 років тому +1

    I am not normally one to comment on these types of things, however if you could try to put yourself in the place of the Mom, Dad, siblings and other loved ones before you start typing. Hopefully it would change the way some of the comments are written. How would you feel reading some of these if it was your son that was killed? With all due respect and sincere condolences to the family. Secondly, I notice over one million views. I think Worksafe BC has done a great job of public education here.
    Thank you.

  • @vejet
    @vejet 4 роки тому

    How many times does this need to be said - it's not the voltage that will kill you it's the amperage!!!
    When it comes to amperage 0.1 to 0.2 amps is enough to be fatal, any energized power line you will ever see carries far more than this.

  • @LawFarin
    @LawFarin 6 років тому +1

    They should of had flags on those lines to begin with, having equipment that could potentially come in contact with those lines. No one took a few minutes to do a risk assessment. What a shame

  • @MrJFoster1984
    @MrJFoster1984 5 років тому

    Supervision, training, mentoring, instruction etc. What did the company get fined for this corporate manslaughter?

  • @terrylunsford352
    @terrylunsford352 8 років тому +40

    The metal ground straps on the bottom are for discharging static electricity picked up by the tires when in motion. Unfortunately they were the cause of death in this case.If those ground straps had not been there this guy would in all likely hood still be alive.

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 7 років тому +10

      Yeah the ground on the lift was essentially the negative pole...the wire dangling was the positive pole....the poor man essentially became a human dielectric capacitor with a lot of conductive ions to store the energy of the 2 poles...it was a tesla coil set up waiting to zap

    • @srm323srm
      @srm323srm 7 років тому +1

      The straps are rubber, just like the tires.

    • @solarfluxman8810
      @solarfluxman8810 7 років тому +16

      As the video explained, high voltages such as these, can jump a fairly large air gap. The wheel rims and the lift frame are just inches away from ground, so it could easily jump that small gap, and much farther.

    • @billtaylor4224
      @billtaylor4224 7 років тому +7

      Really? When did rubber start to be a path way for electricity, Never. They are metal.

    • @antonystringfellow5152
      @antonystringfellow5152 7 років тому +7

      srm323srm Rubber straps? For what purpose exactly? I mean, what possible purpose could they serve if they were made of rubber (like the tyres)? Are you American by any chance? I've noticed Americans like to talk a lot - make pronouncements about things they know absolutely nothing about. A bit like the president there.

  • @skymarshallmarz5573
    @skymarshallmarz5573 4 роки тому

    with no shoes, he still got service.

  • @jerryseinfield
    @jerryseinfield 5 років тому +1

    The worker was very seriously killed .

  • @blacktimhoward4322
    @blacktimhoward4322 Рік тому

    Can anyone explain why the worker would have raised his hand "defensively"? Do you get some warning of this, like your hair standing up or something?

  • @EcoOnlineSuomi
    @EcoOnlineSuomi 11 років тому +1

    The whole lift rental should be located elsewhere, where there is now powerlines overhead! The warning signs won't help and there is a great likelyhood for this to happen again!

  • @VITATTA
    @VITATTA 9 років тому +3

    WHY DID THE EMPLOYER EVEN ALLOW EQUIPMENT INTO THAT AREA?? HOW ABOUT A GUARDRAIL TO LIMIT ACCESS?? POOR TRAINING>>> POOR SUPERVISION>>>NO SAFEGUARDS>>>POWER COMPANY ALLOWING HIGH REACH EQUIPMENT ON THEIR EASEMENT.

  • @leomartinez4398
    @leomartinez4398 6 років тому +13

    1:12
    Being turned into dust is a serious injury 😂😂😂😂

  • @dangeary2134
    @dangeary2134 2 роки тому

    I drive trucks AND operate heavy equipment.
    Before that, I was an electrician.
    I can tell you that noting mixes with electricity, especially high voltage!

  • @bazcuda
    @bazcuda 5 років тому +5

    1:30 "I found this shoe, Sir" - "Well done, Sergeant"

  • @codycarlson199
    @codycarlson199 8 років тому +39

    Saying someone was electrocuted automatically means they died from the incident. A result in injury would be an electric shock injury, not electrocution. Something to look for in the future.

    • @HarryBalzak
      @HarryBalzak 8 років тому +1

      What? No.

    • @bogg4n
      @bogg4n 8 років тому +3

      www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrocute. You are welcome.

    • @vanceogden2482
      @vanceogden2482 8 років тому +5

      +Harry Balzak i have had this discussion w many non electricians. Electrocution.. execution.. notice similarities? Electrocution = death via electric shock. I know.. how many no electricians say "i got electrocuted". my response is "really? how are you still talking to me? am I talking to my first ghost?"

    • @HarryBalzak
      @HarryBalzak 8 років тому +2

      Vance Ogden
      Being a carpenter I know several electricians very well. One I have known since high school. All of them, and my carpenter associates, say "i got electrocuted", or "I got shocked" interchangeably.
      Colloquially they mean the same thing and many dictionaries have '*injury or* death from electric shock' as the definition.

    • @vanceogden2482
      @vanceogden2482 8 років тому +6

      +Harry Balzak i dont care how many "electricians you know" as a carpenter. They aren"t knowledgable electricians if they say "i got electrocuted". Again. IBEW electrician 《《《 28 years. I probably said same thing before I got in the trade. I stopped sometime as a first year greenhorn.

  • @rexluminus9867
    @rexluminus9867 6 років тому +8

    Very important video !! Thank you savings lives.

  • @simov8chevy
    @simov8chevy 10 років тому +1

    Who the hell in their right mind would open a yard, where YOUR engineering staff have to max out YOUR mewps as part of their job, so close to power lines. The fact that somebody can contact a power line with a 26' scissor beggars belief!!!!!

    • @dazens1
      @dazens1 10 років тому

      i agree- there were lines all over the damned place with those machines working to height- if i'd have been a relative of the guy killed i'd have sued the hell out of everyone for negligence

  • @veelalynne
    @veelalynne 9 років тому +10

    1:09
    I thought it blew him up.

  • @minuteman2012
    @minuteman2012 8 років тому +58

    great place to put a rental yard!

    • @incrediblec872
      @incrediblec872 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂💯💯🙆🏽‍♂️

  • @jupitereuropa-e3w
    @jupitereuropa-e3w 4 роки тому +1

    138Kv on a wooden pole structure is crazy. In germany such high voltage is carried only by sturdy and high elevated steel constructions.

  • @emomommy8223
    @emomommy8223 2 роки тому

    Isnt the dude who voices the narrator the owner of some youtube channel that covers crimes and fatal accidents.???

  • @AR12-AQUIL
    @AR12-AQUIL 4 роки тому +1

    What was he doing up there?

  • @TheRealKalEll
    @TheRealKalEll 7 років тому

    Flash over ACTUALLY MEANS: traveling out through shortest path to the ground because of a greater or equal electro magnetic force

  • @ArnoldsDesign
    @ArnoldsDesign 4 роки тому +1

    And of course, the "Woodpecker has a bad day" vid is in my suggested videos. This algorithm has a sick sense of humor.

  • @lewisk2418
    @lewisk2418 6 років тому +4

    Why did he put his hand up

  • @berndp3426
    @berndp3426 5 років тому +1

    Ground insulated equipment is an option. in most cases lifesaving. Ground potential up there on a platform is the cause for such tragedies. and dry weather. Never do powerline maintenance in rain, snow, storm or otherwise damp / wet / humid / unsettled weather of course.

  • @prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010
    @prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010 3 роки тому

    Isn’t there plastic coating over wires?! 😐

  • @daskritterhaus5491
    @daskritterhaus5491 3 роки тому

    in drizzly weather you can hear the BBZZZZZZHHH from very high voltage lines.
    the arc will jump a gap, plain air is NOT a 100% insulator.

  • @kirkmcgee1
    @kirkmcgee1 6 років тому +1

    I think it was suicide since the line did not attack him and thus no need for him to "defend" himself.

  • @erich.marks0
    @erich.marks0 6 років тому +1

    sad, but he didn't observe requirements on the lift.

  • @normanhood4121
    @normanhood4121 5 років тому +3

    Get well soon

  • @EATSLEEPDRIVE2002
    @EATSLEEPDRIVE2002 6 років тому

    This is why they need to put warning labels on- - oh, wait. They did

  • @obiwanjabroni2267
    @obiwanjabroni2267 4 роки тому +3

    Painted a house the other weekend on a boom lift with the power lines touching the lift for a good ten minutes, then told the guy I was getting uncomfortable because I didn’t want to die and we repositioned.

    • @dereksmith8177
      @dereksmith8177 3 роки тому +4

      Sounds like you two shouldn't of been operating a boom lift to begin with.

  • @Nicurru
    @Nicurru 6 років тому

    And he turned into Flash Gordon. The end.

  • @isthismeisthatyou
    @isthismeisthatyou 10 років тому +2

    3 lessons? what about stupidity check before employing people?

  • @joshuawillis3990
    @joshuawillis3990 2 роки тому

    There a guy in Brazil I think who goes around touching power lines. Freakin nutz right?

  • @freakyflow
    @freakyflow 2 роки тому

    Hate to be the next guy to have to clean that machine ...

  • @thecounselor4287
    @thecounselor4287 5 років тому

    After the incident the company changed its name to Zapp Rentals

  • @ArkadyVasiliev
    @ArkadyVasiliev 4 роки тому +1

    This is the first thing covered when I did my IPAF,

  • @aleramone23
    @aleramone23 9 років тому

    This was very sad, all the warnings was on the very scissor lift

  • @rextruegood6168
    @rextruegood6168 6 років тому +2

    SHOCKING!

  • @christhekid674
    @christhekid674 4 роки тому

    1:09 that flash can cause blindness if someone saw it

  • @ReydelosHunosAtila
    @ReydelosHunosAtila 3 роки тому

    MAYBE I´M WRONG (SORRY IN THAT CASE) BUT I THINK THAT P.LINES ARE 13,8 KV = 13800 V ... NOT 138KV