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