Worker’s ladder hit electrical lines
Sep 23, 2008 - 05:39 PM
By Keith Gilligan
AJAX -- A man was taken to hospital after a worker touched electrical wires with a ladder on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident occurred around 3:20 p.m. yesterday when a man was doing work outside at the Durham Music Centre on Old Kingston Road.
Ajax Fire and Emergency Services report the ladder the man was using touched the wires.
Platoon Chief Rick Browning said the man suffered minor injuries and was taken to the Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering hospital.
There was no dollar loss, as the only loss were some combustible materials outside.
“We sent crews in to make sure there was no extension (fire) inside,” Mr. Browning said.
Deputy Fire Chief Matt Pegg said after the ladder touched the wires, an electrical current caused “a fire at the base of the ladder.”
A crew from Veridian Corporation was sent to disconnect wires, which allowed the fire crews to douse the small fire.
“The man was taken to the hospital as a precaution,” Mr. Pegg said.
Power in the nearby area was disrupted for a short time, he said.
“Electrical fires are a unique hazard. We have to contain them before we can extinguish them,” Mr. Pegg said.
Ellen G., the owner of a hair salon across from the site, said the power in her business went out for a short time.
“We were watching him all week. He looked a little wiggly all week,” she said of the worker on the ladder.
Someone helped the man across the street after the incident, where he waited for the ambulance.
A man who didn’t want his name used said the man was bring the ladder down when it touched the wires. “It fell back into the wires. There was electricity running through the ladder and it caused a little bit of a fire.”
The condition of the man isn’t known at this time.
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