Man, 30, killed while working on power lines

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Last Modified: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 11:18 p.m.
OCALA - A 30-year-old man died Tuesday night after he was electrocuted while working on power lines.

A Marion County Fire Rescue official said the man was in a bucket truck working on power lines in the 4400 block of Northeast Jacksonville Road when he came in contact with the lines.

A sheriff's official identified the victim of the apparent accident as Timothy Parks, of Bristol, Tenn.

The bucket reportedly was lowered, and someone performed CPR on the man until an ambulance arrived and paramedics continued treating him. They transported him to Munroe Regional Medical Center, where a Sheriff's Office official said he was pronounced dead.

The Fire Rescue call was at 6:55 p.m., and the first unit arrived on scene at 7 p.m. The fire official said the man was in cardiac arrest. The Sheriff's Office official said Parks was pronounced dead at 7:41 p.m.

The sheriff's official said the man was a telecommunications contractor with SunCoast Communications Inc., which is out of Jacksonville. He reportedly was doing contract work for Ocala Electric Utility.

An autopsy was planned for Wednesday.

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Last Modified: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 3:36 p.m.
OCALA – A lineman electrocuted Tuesday was not wearing his protective "hot gloves" when handling wires on the job, according to a Sheriff's Office report.

Timothy James Parks, 30, of Bristol, Tenn., worked for Suncoast Communications Services, Inc., out of Jacksonville, which was subcontracted to do work for Ocala Electric Utility. The line Parks touched was a primary line, and he was hit with approximately 7,200 volts, according to the report.

Roger Pardo, a groundman for Suncoast Communications Services, whose job is to assist linemen, told Detective Brian Spivey that Parks was not wearing "his hot gloves while they were at this pole." Parks, the report states, was reminded numerous times Tuesday about the hot glove rule.

Jason Cortes, a project supervisor for the company, told Spivey he noticed Parks was not wearing his gloves on at least one occasion.

Hot gloves are rubber gloves linemen use when handling live wires.

Cortes said the company is subcontracted to do work for Ocala Electric Utility to hang fiber optic line. He said both companies have a safety rule that stipulates if workers are within one foot of the "neutral line," they must wear hot gloves. He also said safety has been stressed on the project and they have been "warned numerous times that if they are observed without hot gloves in this zone, they will be immediately kicked off the job."

Parks had been on the job for a week. And, although he had not been to all the safety meetings, Cortes told Spivey that Parks was aware of the rules.

Pardo told Spivey they were finalizing a few assignments for the end of their shift when he saw Parks tying off a "mule tape" to the fiber optic line. He said Parks raised his right hand in an attempt to tighten or take up slack from what he was doing, and he saw a blue electric arc go from a live wire to Parks' right hand.

Parks held his chest, and workers lowered the bucket he was in and began performing CPR on him. Parks' hot gloves were in the bucket with him, according to the report.

Parks was taken to Munroe Regional Medical Center, where he died.

Marion County Fire Rescue officials received a call to respond to the 4400 block of Northeast Jacksonville Road at 6:55 p.m., and the first unit arrived at 7 p.m. At the time, Parks was in cardiac arrest. He was pronounced deceased at 7:41 p.m.

Matthew Brower, assistant city manager over the city's Utility Services Division, said the contract is worth $8.6 million and that subcontractors began installing new meter reader technology, which include fiber optics, throughout the city on July 1. The subcontractor has 14 months to complete the job.

Brower said it's too early to say whether or not the subcontractors will be kicked off the job. He said he wants to reserve judgment until the investigation is complete before deciding the next step.

[Koga]

Not only for the mans family , but the rest of the guys that observed him during the day. They have to live with thier silence now.

****
Koga

[BigClive]

Yet another situation where a defibrillator on site could have saved a life by the look of it.

[Boomer gone soft]

Yet another situation where a defibrillator on site could have saved a life by the look of it.


Or using the **** gloves that were in the **** bucket?:mad:

Stupid hurts.