A worker died of electrocution when a cable hanging from a crane touched a high voltage power line. He was helping to unload concrete pilings from a flatbed truck, and was guiding the pilings as they were being lifted by a crane. At that time the electrical connection was made from the power line to the chain to the victim. The power line had not been de-energized, nor had insulating barriers been installed around the line to prevent contact. Unintended contact with overhead power lines continues to be a common cause of occupational deaths. When objects such as construction materials, irrigation pipes […]