[poleman]

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/11/27/window-washers-hospitalized-after-electric-shock-on-l-i/

[darren clarke]

Hewlett Window Cleaners were preparing to wash the building's windows when a gust of wind blew into the two men holding the 40' washing pole. 58-year-old Nicholas Genovese of Staten Island was holding the pole at the top of a ladder while 64-year-old Alan Weinberg of Long Beach was holding it on the ground. The wind blew the pole into a power line causing serious injury to both men.

health and safety important to them then?

[tacky]

sounds a bit fishy to me .man on top of ladder holding pole .dont they know
 1.ladders r banned .
 2.man on top of ladder holding pole .should have come on this site n learnt how to wfp .proper .
 3 glad they ok
4. hope they not on the dole . no insurance

[LWC]

Its not funny but look at the comment someones made on it, **chuckles**

[mci services]

shocking

[Steven Shoreditch]

What crime did they commit?  Which State were they in? Florida?

[G Griffin]

sounds a bit fishy to me .man on top of ladder holding pole .dont they know
 1.ladders r banned .
 2.man on top of ladder holding pole .should have come on this site n learnt how to wfp .proper .
 3 glad they ok
4. hope they not on the dole . no insurance

That`s a good one. 

[clearlyclean]

does it say any thing about water fed pole just says 40 ft pole off a ladder that is SHOCKING

[AuRavelling79]

Also I believe that many more power cables in the US are allowed to be unprotected than in the UK. As in unsheathed cables.

[mark mann]

wfp - watchout - feckin - pole

[poleman]

http://www.liherald.com/stories/Workers-seriously-injured-by-electrical-shock-in-Lynbrook,29096?content_source=&category_id=5&search_filter=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=&town_id=

[clearlyclean]

dont understand what they were trying to do why not just trad them if your going a ladder