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A firefighter in Kentucky is electrocuted after contacting an overhead power line. A factory manager dies after bypassing lockout-tagout. A landscaper in Massachusetts working from a raised portable work platform is electrocuted when a pole saw contacts an overhead power line. A California tree trimmer is electrocuted when a tree branch falls onto energized electric power lines. Two propane gas supplier workers in Washington are electrocuted when boom truck crane's boom contacts 7,200 volt overhead power line.
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