Lineman in training plunges 75 feet to his death in Nevada
Regs require fall protection for trainees at 4 feet
A trainee at a Las Vegas-based energy company died in September of last year after falling 75 feet from a horizontal ladder being used as a temporary platform between a transmission tower and a live 500-kilovolt transmission line. The transmission tower was part of a power grid that crosses the Moapa Paiute Reservation northeast of Las Vegas.
OSHA’s investigation into his death found a stunning array of health and safety violations by NV Energy.