A meter reader died when he contacted an energized clothesline at a residence. He was part of a crew working to restore electrical power to a neighborhood following hurricane damage. He was about to tell the residents that their power was back on. He entered the house yard by stepping over a chain-link fence. Doing so, he lost his balance and grabbed the wire clothesline. His co-workers saw he was being shocked, and knocked him away from the clothesline and fence. The clothesline had become energized when a 110-volt secondary service from a nearby house had been torn loose from its connection […]
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