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(It's likely there are many -other- hazards to power line working, beyond presence or absence of transfer switches at on-site generators.)
by fche 12y ago
(It's likely there are many -other- hazards to power line working, beyond presence or absence of transfer switches at on-site generators.)
- danielweber 12y agoIf you are a lineman, you are three times more likely to die from electrocution than from a fall. (They die from electrocution at 35x the normal population rate, while the death from falls is 5x the normal population rate.) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1568699/pdf/envhper00445-0284.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1568699/pdf/envh... That's just fatalities, ignoring the other dangers like getting your arms blown off.