Monday, March 9, 2015

Man was electrocuted after the platform of his aerial lift touched an overhead power line and caught fire in Hackensack, New Jersey.









FEBRUARY 6, 2015

HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY

A utility worker was shaken, but unhurt after the platform of his aerial lift touched an overhead power line and caught fire in Hackensack, New Jersey.
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The rescue underway

The man was carrying out a test procedure on a 60 foot Elliot V60 telescopic truck mounted lift out in front of the premises of
National Crane Equipment Rental on Hudson Street around 8 a.m when he strayed too close to the wires. The emergency services and local utility PSE&G came to his rescue and cut the power so that he could be brought down safely.
 
They then used a fully insulated boom and a rescue platform managed to bring him down – he was miraculously unhurt, although badly shaken.

Chemical extinguishers were used to knock down a fire in the truck during the incident.

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The truck caught fire and melted the snow under the stabilizer feet