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Hey Ernie, I thought you might like these pics. A contractor was putting a lift up to secure the equipment for the night and somehow managed to put it directly into the 7800V primary service lines. The guy operating it was at the side of the lift operating it from the ground, and it threw him back about 10-15 feet. I was in a building across the parking lot when we lost power. My boss and I went across the lot to check to see if the outage was isolated to our building when we noticed the guy getting up off the ground and that the lift was in the power lines. The tip of his finger and toe were severely burnt and he was obviously in shock, but was at least walking at the time. Hard to say what it did to him internally though...hoping for the best. Melted all the tires and put a mark in the power line. Didn't have time to take pics until an hour or so after the incident. Scott

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