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To: Coleus
There are about 400 electrocutions each year in the U.S., and about a quarter of them are related to power lines.

Several TV stations have lost their news trucks (burned up) when the operator raised the truck's microwave antenna into an overhead power line. Anyone that works under or near power lines should have safety training.

5 posted on 07/26/2005 9:59:58 PM PDT by vox humana
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To: vox humana
Several TV stations have lost their news trucks (burned up) when the operator raised the truck's microwave antenna into an overhead power line.

And several soldiers in Europe have lost their lives when they failed to stow the big antenna on the rear of their comms jeep after field maneuvers and drove under the low-hanging electric trolley lines back at their garrison.


21 posted on 07/26/2005 11:14:59 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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