Life Lost Through Disregard of Rules
For eighteen years an employee of the Signal Division of the Columbus, Ohio, Fire Department had been employed as a lineman. During that time he was impressed with the danger of high-tension lines, and the rules and practices to be followed when working with such high voltages. However, disregard of all he had learned cost him his life.
According to information supplied by E. Donaldson, Superintendent, Fire & Police Telegraph, a 2,300-volt line was down on the street, burning and sputtering. That should have indicated to the lineman that it was a high-tension line. There are two pairs of rubber gloves, that are tested after they are used once, and a pair of wooden handle cutters carried on the line truck at all times for such work.
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