When job site safety, and the unfortunate outcomes that can come from overlooking safety protocols, are covered in Cleaner, it oftentimes has to do with trench collapses or the dangerous toxic gas environments found in sewers.
But an incident in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, last week shows an example of the above-ground dangers that workers have to be mindful of as well. While working on a sewer project Thursday, two employees of Insight Pipe Contracting were injured and a third one died when a machine made contact with overhead power lines, carrying 23,000 volts of electricity to where the employees were working.
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Worker Electrocuted on Pipe Lining Job Site
Overhead dangers can come into play during sewer work, as a recent job site accident in Pennsylvania showed
