A man was nearly electrocuted to death after being hired to hang Christmas lights on a large tree in Massachusetts, police said.
The incident occurred on Wednesday at approximately 10 a.m. when the Wellesley Police Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a man had possibly been electrocuted on Falmouth Circle in Wellesley, according to a statement from the Wellesley Police Department.
It's not the putting them up before Thanksgiving. It's the leaving them up till Memorial Day that should be shocking.
ReplyDeleteLucky man.
ReplyDeleteIn my early tree service days, I took a high voltage, safety seminar. Depending on how good the worker is grounded, the voltage will jump a 3 to 6 foot gap, getting to your pole. Residential areas are typically 7.2 kv, (7,200 volts) pre transformer. Sometimes people survive, in a degraded fashion.
ReplyDeleteI'm degraded, but not from that.
Once was a man from Klabash, Who's balls were made out of brass. In stormy weather he'd clang em together and lightening would fly out his ass. I wonder if he felt like that guy for a few seconds?
ReplyDeleteSome guy in Escondido, CA was killed tossing lights over a power line this weekend. It took about an hour to get the power shut down before he could be retrieved so he likely was not just dead but well done.
ReplyDeleteVery wealthy community, Wellesley. The kind of community that would police the very lights you want to hang, if they'd even allow it.
ReplyDeleteElectrocuted to death? Electrocuted means "executed (ie killed) by electricity". You can be anything but dead once you've been electrocuted.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome.