More people die every year from low voltage than from high. Or so I've been told. But that may not be quite right: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/98-131/epidemi.html#fig1
Still, far too many deaths from ALL voltages. marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] One long @#$%& day! > Not near high power lines. With that said, your comments are very good > advice and well taken. It wasnt long ago that a co-worker at the electric > company I was at was killed up in a bucket. We should all take high power > seriously. Thanks! > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Marlon K. Schafer > <o...@odessaoffice.com>wrote: > >> You mean to say that you've never ended up with the bucket or boom in a >> place that you didn't expect it to get? >> >> I sure have! >> marlon >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 10:13 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] One long @#$%& day! >> >> >> > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Marlon K. Schafer >> > <o...@odessaoffice.com>wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Scottie Arnett" <sarn...@info-ed.com> >> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> >> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:23 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] One long @#$%& day! >> >> >> >> >> >> > "One time, I had to borrow a friends bucket" >> >> > >> >> > I'll assume you meant bucket truck. The day we bought our bucket >> >> > truck >> >> and >> >> > brought it home, I took a 3/8" drill bit to about 3 places in the >> >> > bottom >> >> > of the bucket to let water out. >> >> >> >> That's not a good idea. You now give a place for electricity to run >> >> through >> >> your body if you happen to move between a ground source and an >> electrical >> >> line. I've thought of doing that to my truck, but it's really not >> >> hard >> >> to >> >> just dump the buckets. >> >> >> >> I've worked for several electric companies and understand the >> >> reasoning >> > behind this. But, if you dont use a bucket near high power lines then >> > its >> > not an issue. -RickG >> > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> > http://signup.wispa.org/ >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> > >> > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> > >> > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/