A bit more info and some video. Not a big tower. http://m.wsbt.com/news/man-shocked-while-working-on-power-line-in-st-joseph-county/35448372
Jeff Broadwick ConVergence Technologies, Inc. 312-205-2519 Office 574-220-7826 Cell [email protected] > On Sep 24, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Of course you didn't drop it. You couldn't if you wanted to... > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: >> Gotta wonder if he got into primary or secondary voltage. And if primary >> why was it so close to a tower. >> If secondary must have been one of those fluke where 120 or 240 stops >> someone’s heart. >> >> I was up a tower at about the 200 foot level to change a bulb once. The red >> glass cover gasket was stuck to the diecast aluminum base. I was bumping >> the top of the lens with the heel of my palm trying to break the gasket >> loose without the lens hitting the bulb. I failed. Broke the bulb. >> >> OK, now, how to extract the base of the bulb from the socket. I know, I >> will use my trusty leatherman tool. >> >> Crammed into the base of the bulb and started to get zapped pretty good. >> Seems the electrician had wired up the photocell to the neutral. And had >> made the threaded part of the bulb socket hot to boot. >> I didn’t drop the leatherman. The guy on the ground heard me yell. We got >> the power cut, the bulb changed and down I came. >> One other towertop shock I got was from an old all metal electric drill. It >> was so old they didn’t have a 3 wire line cord. Something inside the drill >> had touched the hot wire and energized the housing. But only after you >> pulled the trigger. Didn’t drop the drill either. >> >> My experience - so far – has been that 120 VAC makes you cuss but does not >> kill you. >> >> From: Jeff Broadwick - Lists >> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 6:17 AM >> To: Wispa Members List ; Animal Farm List >> Subject: [AFMUG] Tower Worker Critically Injured >> >> I'm sure prayers and thoughts will be greatly appreciated. >> >> http://m.southbendtribune.com/news/publicsafety/worker-seriously-injured-while-working-on-wireless-tower/article_193a6668-fd4a-591c-94c5-5beb56f5ec42.html?mode=jqm >> >> Jeff Broadwick >> ConVergence Technologies, Inc. >> 312-205-2519 Office >> 574-220-7826 Cell >> [email protected] >
