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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.

jpg The power line appeared to be energized

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.

 

 

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Ketchikan Fire Department

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