A Learning Event Bulletin related to Operating Mobile Plant - Contact with Live Electricity.

What Happened?

While respooling flexline, telehandler forks contacted a 3rd party 21.6kV power line, energising the telehandler and causing a fire. The telehandler operator exited uninjured. A second crew member approached with a fire extinguisher, which the operator took and used. The second crewmember moved to the energised telehandler, reached toward it, was knocked down and fatally injured.

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