A Lineman’s Call: The Story of Jeremy White
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- On December 12, 2013, the Southern Pine family experienced a tragic incident that brought us all to our knees. Jeremy White’s accident will live in our minds forever, but from this tragedy came a source of strength to change our culture. In 2017, Southern Pine produced a video to tell the events of that day, and to do our part in seeing that no family has to endure the same experience. The video was shown publicly for the first time this week at the 2018 NRECA Annual Meeting. After the showing, our CEO, Jason Siegfried, addressed a crowd of cooperative leaders from around the United States, and stressed the importance of making safety an industry priority.
We lost Jeremy on January 11, 2014, but we find comfort in knowing that his story has changed our future and hopefully the future of all cooperative families.
This is "A Lineman’s Call: The Story of Jeremy White"
I can still remember the day my mom came and picked My brother and I up from school.I was about 12yrs old. She wouldn't tell us what happened, all we knew was it had something to do with Dad. We walked into the hospital and I seen My Grandpa, along with 4 other guys from my dads Crew. Walked into his room and I couldn't even recognize my father. Flash Burn, 2nd and 3rd degree on his face, Arms, Hands and many other spots. Im so lucky that I still have my dad and feel for this young family. That was the day I really started to appreciate what my father did everyday for us kids. He is a Journeymen lineman with 30Yrs under his belt. He was gone probably 50% of my childhood. Storm Work would have him gone months at a time. I think he spent 4 months down south after Katrina Hit. Thank you to all of you that work Overhead.
So sorry for your loss man.
😂😂😂😂😂 is so sad. Am a lineman too. Thinking of all the risk u take and u are still not appreciated by some. Is really sad. And sorry for the lost
Yusupha Baldeh it damn sure is life or death everyday, thank goodness guys like you have the balls to do that kind of work. Thanks for keeping the lights on 👍🇺🇸
Sorry for your loss dude your dad and I were childhood friends since the day my grandmother passed away now I have a wife who works as a nurse at MCO Toledo Ohio a daughter which her birthday is coming up and I'm going to ask my crew mates from Toledo edison to bring their trucks over to my job to summer camp for a birthday party
Too the two of y’all that are saying sorry for your loss, did you actually read the paragraph? His dad didn’t die.
I'm 41 and a lineman been in the field 23 years. I've made it home everyday. Test and ground, test and ground. No shortcuts. Open visuals, don't assume anything is dead.
T. Rose damn right, I was a maintenance man, sometimes my guys would get irritated because I was such a stickler for lockout tag out , a man lost his arm because the machine got turned on while he was inside working on it, it only takes 1 mistake to cost you your life, be safe out there.
I'm in electrician with IBEW. I never get complacent when it comes to electricity. Safety is the number one priority if you want to return to your family after the day's work. Always test what you're working on and lock out tag out. Test and ground for our lineman Brothers
Assuming makes an ass out of you and me
dumb ass never ever take short cuts im almost retired been in line work since i was 18 40 years always dumb shit how hard is it to check and ground im not going out in smoke
I appreciate you doing what you do everyday. Stay safe and God bless.
"sometimes i want to be angry with him for that" Such a raw honest moment. God bless the widow and children. RIP Jeremy.
Last month my son a lineman for 10 years was electrocuted in the head. He was up in the bucket working on a dangerous pole. He’s always so safe and it just took one slight accident and his head came into contact with 7200 volts. He’s alive. He had a hole blown out the top of his head, the flash went down his left torso and arm and out his fingers. He went unconscious for a bit then his ground man got him down and shook him and shook him. He opened his eyes! This happened Sept. 8th and he’s had two surgeries so far. His head wound was just worked on, his fingers had to be grafted. We were told by drs he really should not be alive. I almost lost my baby boy. But I didn’t and I’m so grateful. So sorry for this family.
God bless you and him ma'am! 🙏
I pray your son is doing well now.
This is EXACTLY why you're taught on DAY 1 of trade school, no matter what trade you're in, if you see a wire, doesn't matter if it's 24V or 24,000V, you treat it as if it's live.
I'm retired oil field and what he said rings 100% true, " every safety rule is written in blood". My prayers are with you and your family Mrs. White.
NEVER assume a line is dead. In fact the opposite, always assume it's hot and act accordingly. Stay safe out there brothers...
Honestly the line could kick on randomly at any time due to a short or whatever anyway so just reasonable to isolate without even testing lol
Thank you to Liz and Southern Pine for sharing Jeremy’s story.
As an electrician, I KNOW it’s the lines-people who are among our everyday heroes. I hold my respect for them right along side of our police, firefighters, military and medics.
May Jeremy Rest In Peace.
I wish every company across America and the world had to show this video to each employee on their first day orientation. It would save so many lives!
AMEN!
Whenever given the chance, when I see linemen working, I pull over safely and thank each man an woman risking their lives to give us power. They can also be considered first responders and I appreciate them. Rest In peace Jeremy and all those who have lost their lives. You are heroes to me.
I have been a lineman 32 yrs. and it never fails to amaze me how this can still happen. Sad but this was the end result of a safety culture that was already embedded within that group and allowed poor habits to set in. Guaranteed this was not the first time he did this. RIP Jeremy and Godspeed.
How could you assume a line is dead?
Exactly. Very very stupid to assume a line is dead. Being reckless and careless in linework is a recipe for disaster.
how TF could or would you assume it was dead just cus it broke don't mean it still not live. Electricity you can see it coming an it bites really hard. I guess you could see it coming if you didn't make sure it wasn't love but shit happens an it sucks
If it’s not grounded, it not dead! No shortcuts!
assumption is the mother of all f'ups
As I sit here watching this beautiful tribute to Jeremy White, his wife, family and brothers in the field I am reminded of how we take for granted the dangerous and hard work that these wonderful men and women perform every day so our families can have power. We need to stop every now and again and say a prayer every day for these every day Heroes. Without their hard work we would all be in the dark...literally!
When my brother was doing in-home dialysis we had a bad storm and it was in the suction phase of peritoneal dialysis, you see we were only 3 weeks a way from me donating my kidney so my brother could receive one. Our neighbor works for Georgia Power and he was so kind he made sure he called me to let me know that he was going to help us get up and running asap. We also have a lot of elderly folks in our neighborhood too so he told me to let everyone know they were going to take care of us. When they were describing how all of the workers feel like family it may me think of our neighbor that works for Georgia Power and how he is more like a big brother to me than a neighbor because he is always thinking of not only our family but all of the elderly people that live around us too. He understand that people would worry and fret even though the power outage may only be a few minutes to a few hours. Every one in our neighborhood is just so grateful to our hard working friend and now, after watching this, I understand how dangerous his job is and will be praying for him and his family each and every day.
Thank you Southern Pine Employees for sharing your story with us and God Bless You All.
On my birthday Nov 24, 2014 I was hit with 13.8 Kv I lost my left arm and lost the top of my left shoulder, and burned my right hand entrance wounds and burns damaged my right hand. My face neck ears and lungs where also burnt from the arc flash 46 surgeries and 3 months in ICU felt like an Eternity in hell. I’m 5 years past my electrocution. My heart is broken for those who have to go through this. I found my therapy is helping other linemen that have had a similar accident Whether it’s they need some talk to Or help guiding them to get prosthetics That would function better. The Reason I came out so good I had God ,And my dad that lost the same arm 15years before me he inspired me not to give up.
Thank you for your service my friend. Such stories as yours inspire me to pursue working in the OR as a surgical technologist. I’ve already began my other journey as a National Guard Soldier.
PixelGamer 257 you my friend are my kind of hero, God bless. 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Yes, your words “I had God” speak truth that God himself can pour strength and supernatural hope into the broken and give courage to win. May God bless you sir🙏🏻😇💕
Thank you for your work.
I pray that you keep the strength to get through every day and continue to help others get thru their days. Amen
They always say that the Code of Safe Practices are written in blood and now you know why. God bless.
Sadly all safety rules are written in someone else's blood all you can do is not write one in your own.
Be your brother's keeper.... Insulate and isolate... Line life
Rest In Peace Brother! Your memory will live on forever in the brotherhood!
In my whole 39 years working on a power linecrew, we had two electrocution deaths. In both cases, the linemen had made little, rudimentary, fundamental mistakes that killed them. Sometimes it's the little stuff that kills you. So sorry about Jeremy.
Jeremy was my friend he's remembered in my friendship book I always called him Mr Jeremy thanks for keeping the lights on rest in paradise Mr Jeremy
I watch this video every week as it never gets old if you ever worked in this trade. I thank Southern Pine and Jeremy's wife for doing this video in his rememberance!
Jeremy went to keep the lights on up in heaven, that shines down on all of us. Lineman here, my condolences.
To all the Linemen that keep power in our homes. Thank you and please stay safe!
Thank you for sharing this important story. It is important that all citizens step back and realize that having power in your home is not just flipping a switch. There are real people in the background with real lives and families. They are in danger every day and work long hard hours in all conditions. You see them out there in the rain and snow and heat and they just do their jobs. It has to be a calling because not everyone can do such dangerous work. They are so important to our everyday life and they have amazing skills and attitudes about keeping the power on. I am thankful to work with these amazing people who give so much. I have much respect for them and their sacrifices after having worked at an electric cooperative for 35 years. Pray for their safety. RIP Jeremy White and bless his family.
RIP Jeremy, you all that do this work are a special breed everyone be safe for 2020 and beyond
Wow yikes..this is troubling.so, You get desensitized by dealing w something every day. If you let it... Honestly,dealing w something dangerous ...people or electrical wires..it shows how we can let our gard down.what a tragic loss ,very sad story. My son is testing to be an apprentice lineman..& I came across this story..but the main lesson here can apply anywhere in life. Thank you for your story.
Yes sir I've been blessed I haven't seen any of my friends get hurt or anything else but it's a good life and it provides for my family
Just remember everday safety first! PREACH IT TO YOUR CO-WORKERS IT COULD AND WILL SAVE LIVES!
My brother is a journeyman lineman. My heart goes out to everyone that have lost loved ones.
Lineman are such a small concentrated group of highly skilled workers. It feels like Lineman you've never met are still your brothers. R.I.P, brother.
Such a sad and tragic event. Sorry for the loss. Beautiful production quality.
This has to be the most dangerous job in the world.I know people say fisherman but this profession,every minute you could die.These are true hero’s and it sticks they don’t get enough credit for what they do
RIP
I am so sorry for your loss ma’am, also you gentlemen….
I can only express my true respect and love for you all, I am from the uk Manchester, and work in some scary places, but coming across this tragedy makes me stop and think….
Such a painful loss for a life changing change in practice xxxx❤
Lord these people are hero’s. Absolute hero’s. Much respect
7260 reasons why. I am so terribly sorry for your loss.. I broke down when that man heard him moaning up there and it's a helpless situation short of getting dispatch to cut it off at the substation. May Jeremy Whites soul rest in peace watching over his family and friends.
I don't think linemen get enough credit for the dangers of their occupation. Their service and sacrifice is very much appreciated by many. May God bless them and keep them safe. Thank You.
so sorry for the lose of our lineman brother , l'am a 40 yr.of service as a linesman, and this is a real in your life fact of linesman life,
This is so heartbreaking, God Bless him and his family and all the men and women on the lines ~
Mucha fortaleza a la familia . No es fácil perder a alguien que uno ama . Saludos de parte de un lineman que sabe lo duro que es. 🇵🇷
Dad just told me to watch this video, he a lineman. What i learned is to never skip a step, job of precision/discipline you name it. If my dad ever leaves, I’ll know how because it will fall along those lines. Anyways accidents are not bound to happen u less you don’t.
Sad & tragic I pray his family are able too cope
Rest in peace and god be with all of you
these guys are literally angels keeping the world running
God bless Jeremy white and god bless linemen.
God help you Liz! I couldn't cry more while seeing this story about how your beloved lost his life. My wish for you is that you are surrounded with loving caring people. Maybe you have moved on. Don't forget him or let anybody steal him from your heart.
Shes remarried now.
@@denisechaney1945 may God bless her, and touch her heart with healing grace😇🙏🏻💕
It is a painful vid to watch...RIP Jeremy White.
That’s one the most truest statements when it comes to electricity “The more you over look, the easier it is”.
God Bless our first responders,
best in the world
Damn it blew his hand off and grafted the metal into his legs 😮. New found respect for the workers when they are trying to fix our power.
I was only eight or ten years old when I was introduced to electricity I'm glad I'm here today.
I've been a sparks (electrician) for almost 40 years, during that time I've had a few minor accidents and seen a few too. Most, like this one are caused by complacency, they say familiarity breeds contempt, and it's true. A freind of mine got badly burned when he slipped and fell into a distribution panel, I got burned rushing a job one morning, something I'd done hundreds of times before, but this time it went wrong! I was lucky, only minor burns to my hand, arm and face, like I said I was lucky, a lot are not. Nowadays I push safety all the time, we have to have the equipment to prove dead, so we may as well use it, I tell all the young lads to test and test again, NEVER assume something's dead until YOU have tested it, Lines can be made live or dead over and over, sadly we are only made live once and dead once, unlike a breaker WE don't have a reset button.
Stay safe everyone.
RIP Brother! We'll be take it from here.
I just can't believe he broke such a cardinal rule,even just picking up the dead end???what was he thinking?now DO NOT get me wrong,I work on 500kV transmission lines from a helicopter,so I am well versed with danger but I just don't know what possessed him to do what he did with no proximity detection testing or anything,I'm at a loss he died FOR NOTHING 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
This should be watched at every new hire orientation
was about to become a powerline technician... welp not anymore.
swaggb swa Silidons I've worked on power lines for over six years, the first thing you do is determine which direction the feed is coming from. You go to the nearest reclosure, which is just a big circuit breaker that you turn off. Then you ground the line by putting putting ground chains from the neutral wire to the phase. So if the line does become hot it will hopefully go to ground and kick of a reclosure before getting to you. Also he wasn't wearing his gloves which I couldn't imagine doing. But alot of those old school linemen don't wear gloves, because it's 10x more difficult to work in them.
thanks gave me a new view on the job!!
Look man in the electrical feild no matter what you do there's always gunna be stupid shit that can hurt you, there's lineman and electricians who go home everyday until retirement and that's that the whole message that this is trying to convey is that you need to be safe and always have your head on straight while in the feild so you can go home to your family everyday. It's sending a message that if your minds not in it or you take that one shortcut it can really cost you now I think everyone in the electrical feild can raise there hand and say they have taken a short cut a time or two the main thing is do what you want in life but just be careful
Statistics show the veteran guys are more likely to get injured than the lower totem pole guys no pun intended. Complacency is the biggest contributor
My brother died on duty 2yrs ago
Jesus Christ! I know Squat about Electricity other than to plug in a T.V. The first thing I thought of was Is that fallen wire Hot! I guess it's just one of those things where you've been doing it so long......I don't know, but Kudos to Him and his Very Strong Wife! 👏👍👏 I would love to be a Helicopter Lineman! THAT Looks like it would be a BLAST! Commercial Diving as an Underwater Welder was a Freakin BLAST Too!!! R.I.P. MR. Jeremy! 😔😔😔
Take your STUPID ASS comments somewhere else!!!!!
Skipping steps gets u 6 feet under
That may be so but i think we should be here for a learning moment and also to remember this brave man who risked his life every day
I had that skipping moment too and it takes lives.. 😔
There is a tried and tested way of doing things in a situation such as this. Sure first of all find out what the problem is, Next make a plan on how your going to safe the site and do the work, next make sure the line is dead and you have a visual open or guarantee of isolation . Next test the line for potential then install trip grounds. At the work site prep only the ground work and once receiving clearance proceed with the task at hand and even then there are still steps to follow. The only way this happened was a failure to follow these steps resulting in an accident that did not need to happen and should never have occurred in the first place. end result the death of this man for no reason other than simply careless work ethics
The lose of 1 is 2 much
Just like a farmer...get prideful...take shortcuts...and the results are the same
I will say, doing linework , sometimes it takes someone getting killed for eyes to open. You hear about it , you hear stories, but until your crew is told " hey,, so and so just got killed". Then eyes open. People think about what they're doing. Sorry, been around plenty of people getting killed losing their lives. Sorry if this offended anyone.
Electric power is not dangerous at all if an individual is competent, now if someone is incompetent that could be deathly mistake... I worked in so many different dangerous situation and all ways come home... You can have all the safety policy and rules in the world but if someone is not competent and trained in right ways its useless.... Anytime you have human being working in dangerous situation things could go wrong i don't care how much you talk safety policy and rules and regulations... Its very important to have well trained professional supervisors and crew formens on the job making sure everyone is talking, following safety rules regulations, and everyone is competent... I once worked for chemical company and individual become supervisor not by knowledge but by friendship with top management and hired others with no knowledge but friendship, they can read from book but have no clue about the job or chemicals that being used and the dangers, that why accident happens....
I don't get it. Experienced lineman touches a hot wire he thinks is dead? Was he suicidal? Isn't there an easy way for them to check the high voltage line on the ground or in the air if it's hot? I am not an electrician but when I work on our 110-240V house wiring I throw the breakers, pull the fuses then check the wires with meters i am going to work with. Every time.
You are correct its easy to say good things about people that die but a lot was wrong here I’m sad a fellow lineman died but we fight this everyday safety costs money
Yes they are equipped with a device that detects live wires.! What he did broke every safety rule in the book! I have a voltmeter that does this ,it beeps when near a live ac circuit,
Job dismissal for any violations of safety rules would go a long way in preventing tese tragedies, it does no good for a supervisor to let a crew know he is coming so they can get their crap straight before he arrives ! I saw this happen several years ago in front of my house ! Suprise and nail them for any safety violations! If thy resent you for trying to keep them safe ,oh well
sorry.......tears....something good came out of it in the end
I had a freind whose father hung a lot of those high power line erectorsets that are 250,000 500,000 when hot....they are the power lines in the middle of. Ow where grid....one day my friends father had a tiny hole in his lineman's glove a four foot arc went through mr smokes glove in through his chest out through his boot..his internal organs were cooked burnt....Mr smoke lived about 6 years after that fed through his feeding tube that ranthroughhis gut...morphine sulfate is what kept him comfortable....
Who picked the thumbnail?
I was always tought to assume the line is HOT.... This is sad and his life is lost due to your poor safety
My god. I dont want to disparage the deceased, but what was he thinking?????
I work wirh 3 phase 480 and never work on it until im positive its de energized. Dont even let someone else tell you it is. Confirm it yourself.
Most dangerous civilian job in the world, and the most thankless.
Basic, basic, basic safety. Why the hell would an electrical professional assume the downed line is hot?!
Yet guys can't get in apprenticeship unless they know someone. This is a good old boys job. They only select on friends and connections. See any similarities btw them all?
Isn't it terrible on every kind of job that has risk involved...someone takes the atmospheric test. Terrible.
I worked as commercial/industrial electrian for 15 years I will tell u this I got knocked on my rear it only took once we sent find out what was causing power problems with elevator in a bank tower well I enter elevator equipment room took out y clamp meter which is rated for 600 amps clamped on 1 the phases ro get a reading when I did I still day what went wrong because fire shot out meter and next thing I know I sit on my back ksie up against the wall that was hardest ever Bern here before well boss come in find what happened UT took me min respond and when I got up walked outside it was 19 degrees that I still felt like I was roasting inside now boss later told me the circuit was phased in correctly but I found a new respect that day for high voltage the only different I had done that may have kept getting hit I always had kept a pair lineman 1 kv gloves in my tool bag but gloves had wore hole in finger tip so I didn't put them on that day I don't work on electricity a y more due injury sustained later on due fall off ladder and shattering of my wrist but I will tell u safety is definitely no matter industry but especially with live wire and assumption makes ass u and me and increase chances if getting hurt that was sad qhat to gentle man and may he rest in peace but was avoidable if he only done his due diligence and took proper precautions great video
No matter what job it is the hole team has to be there never work solo God bless the family...and everyone talk shit about money but I don't see them climbing up a pole...if the world would stop talking shit it would be a better place...so many girls so few ladies....
so the mistake was not checking if the line was hot? goddamn whoever led the crew must feel like shit.
How much did she get paid to agree with the company shitting on her dead husband?
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haha, this is an emotional video so emotional that it looks like USMC promotional video.
Mr White made a horrible mistake. He had to pay for that mistake with his life.
I'm sorry, but this just doesn't seem like the place for a joke.
@@neilray9357 honestly I really have nothing say
I really like how this was suddenly turned into a documentary about how it was his fault 😂 Midway through you made this into a work safety training video.
Yea, a co worker of mine was killed working for a contractor who used retired Bell Atlantic trucks as primary T40's. Killed on a slack span that ran across a road over a tree and if cable sagged their line to power a kid could have slapped it while standing on the ground. Is there anything posted about him? Naw. He was a piece of shit cable Tv linemen, the ones where people say "he ain't a lineman, he's a cable guy", anyone give a fuck? Nah. It's ok. Died to bring people high speed internet. Enjoy your fucking internet people, your fucking high speed internet. Glorify these guys, yet fuck the other guys. Clap clap. These guys are GOOD HEARTED, they cry. Awwe. Keep them with the good boys who all you people say are "good hearted". This shit kills me.
I respect cable guys just as much maybe lineman say they aren't real but I think we can all agree they are both brave MFers
Doing cable lines is important! Those guys don't get paid very much to be up there and are close to dangers every day.They are doing work,paying taxes and trying to contribute to the whole. But, when people die it shure dose seem to us that if they aren't "one of the good boys" or some star athlete.. or higher up to others...well, they really don't seem to matter right?...that's how WE feel..thats what WE perceive...bc in our grief we can become very angry..even isolated with our inner grief...bc OUR person mattered to us,they suffered too!! & we want the world to feel a life was lost like we do💔! & It can be down right isolating feeling 🥀.....YET, to us it's not the cause of death or what was their job or duty or EVEN if they were not doing their duty.. or that their duty was little compared to others dutys....NO that dose not deem their importance to us.
What matters is because they matter to us, they did good,they existed & they are worth everything to us. I'm sorry for your loss☹️💔. I have had grief also & it's taken years. I only came across this video bc my son is testing for apprentice lineman (😬).
😢But I lost my sister 5 years ago & in a way that doesn't garner any sympathy from this world , or any recognition ,or respect...I use to feel so isolated😥 bc no one will care unless my person did something society deems is worthy enough😔.. BUT realize,your grief 🌥️ is worthy enough for care from others no matter how ur friend died or what job they died from,or if they were famous or just an average jo.And we may not receive care from others ,BUT Don't forget,You can mimic the good you saw in your friend & that's one of the most honourable ways you can celebrate his life while he was here.Its healing too.& Yes, he matters too.
Take care🤗
OK, so this one guy crying is talking about how they are brothers and depend on each other to make it home. For one, if it was like that, ole boy would have walked back and said "yo, I found the line", and his buddy who claims they're so close would have said "whoa, come get me before you do anything because I want to watch out for you". For ONE, you're supposed to GROUND the phase on each side to MAKE SURE you are SAFE!!!! People's power wouldn't be worth me saying "oh, lemmie get this done quick so the power can get cut back on". Oh hell no. Picked up a live phase. Wow. Amazing someone could actually get that lax doing power work. Shouldn't you have climbed a pole, grounded the phase, gone to the other pole, grounded the phase, and then proceeded to rehang the phase? Seriously. Just like when I worked at Sam's Club in Colonial Height VA, the fuckers in the tire dept didn't want to check air pressures, install service packs, change valvestems, use anti seize, wire brush studs hubs and rims to ensure proper seating, etc.; they just wanted to get it done as fast as possible and not lookout for the care or safety of members. I guess some power guys can do the same, cut a safety rule or corner and bam, it's the end. And yes, I lost a co worker doing communication linework, he was killed by a slackspan in a tree by 19,900 volts and the EMS wouldn't touch him until the power company got there.
The friends of Jeremy would appreciate it if you would refrain from assuming you know what happened that day. I assure you that his BROTHER wishes he had done things differently that day as well. The last thing he needs is a jerk like you judging him. I know firsthand what Jeremy went through as I am close to some of his family (sister in law) and I assure you Jeremy would say without a doubt that he and only he is to blame for the events that happened that day. No one else.
So this is what was an accident that it appears a cardinal mistake in an absolutely Unforgiving task occurred.
In my job field is very unforgiving and can easily be lethal to self and others around due to the chemistry issue goes airborne.
Cry baby there is the one that told him that line was dead.
I'm sorry,but as an electrician myself you never assume anything about electricity....I hate that this man died,but he made a mistake that he never ever should have made.....especially working with voltages as high as these linemen work with....God be with his family.....
i got into backfeed on Dec 24 2013 because a customer hooked a generator up wrong to their house. 7620 was primary voltage. , the LORD. saved me that day. ,i climbed down the pole with the help of 3 tree trimmers. they were heros that day to me. ,i recieved burns on my hands , THANK YOU LORD
May God bless you even more as you continue to give him glory, and unashamedly tell others how much you know that God is the one who spared your life.
My girlfriend is a cable lineperson and I absolutely went off on her the other day for grabbing onto random equipment on a random pole in the rain without checking for potential.
I respect all the lineman that takes the risk of working on power lines. Rest in peace.
Complacency kills.
God bless the fellow workers and the family. Been a lineman for 30 yeas. Never want that to happen to me or anyone else. God has blessed me with this. Will always keep you and all other lineman and families in my prayers. Don't take shortcuts.
My friend on July 4 2012 went to try to save his little brother that got electrocuted from a power line that hit him because of fireworks that hit the line causing it to break.. ended up going through a coma and realized his little brother didn’t make it..I was always told that you must find ground to be safe. But in that case I would have did what my friend did to try to save my little brother if I had one.
I work with power companies and alot of other utility companies and I have much respect for men and women who put there lifes on line every single day so much respect to all you and this was a very sad story my condolences to his family and everyone he worked with so sorry.
Who ever the 8 dislikes are can burn in hell
7 years ago today. RIP Jeremy we’re still thinking of you and your family.
My dad was an underground lineman for Union Electric in St. Louis for 27 years, one of the most ridiculously safe electric companies I've ever come across. I attended funerals for a few of his co-workers when I was young. I remember every story of what happened. A few were pure accidents, a guy fell forward into a transformer and he hit a 440 lug with his temple. For the most part though, I remember my dad saying the guy "assumed" something.
This video is a fine teaching aid. I encourage anyone motivated to study then teach safety to others. It will also make YOU a safer person.
This applies to more than the jobsite. I became a Motorcycle Safety Instructor because my bro who wasn't trained (not an option in those days) crashed and became paraplegic due to incorrectly turning a corner at speed. Safety is for home too as many skilled folks get injured off the job taking shortcuts they would not take on the worksite.
Go slow and you'll get done quicker. Slow is smooth, smooth is safe and smooth is fast. Look out for others and your mind will be right.
My brothers Keeper. ⚡️❤️⚡️
Hard to watch. Hard to see a wife grieve and friends/brothers/coworkers tear up. Hits home. Our main safety guy always tells us, 1 to 100... what number are you on.
Glad they are doing JSA’s and tailboard meetings on every setup now. This trade isn’t for hot dogs anymore.
They teach this as Electrical Theory 400 yeas for a reason.. I buried a few electricians that forgot that rule...And I almost been killed twice myself...All because I didn't look around to see what was around me...Not just what I was working on...
Loss is rough
I have 2 uncles and 3 cousins that work for DUKE ENERGY here in South Carolina. I also know 7-8 of their co-workers personally. I KNOW what these guys go through and HAVE to endure. As a Firefighter, I've seen myself on what can and usually goes wrong with Power Crews. I cringe everytime I here a call go out for a Power Loss or a car that has taken a pole and transformers out. Due to the fact I know so many of the guys who may be on their way to fix the problem. God Rest Jeremy White's soul.
Its true its second nature being around it every single day. Being a tree trimmer doing line clearence has alot of the same hazards and i feel for the linemen we help. Always have more than 1 guy working at 1 time. Better to have multiple pairs of eyes to make sure nothing is overlooked