Telehandler forks made contact with powerline

Description of Incident

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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