In the Blink of an Eye—Devastating Incident Becomes Teaching Tool
Along Those Lines
English - April 22, 2024 15:26 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsGovernment Business Non-Profit cooperatives electricity nreca america energy rural Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 2021, Branden Bauer was working at United Electric in Pennsylvania as a journeyman lineman with nearly 10 years of experience. During a system improvement project, he made contact with a live conductor that he'd mistakenly thought was a neutral and suffered devastating injuries. Hear from Branden and his wife, Caitlin, about how he's made a mission of telling his story in the hope that it’ll help others. Graphic content warning: Contains detailed descriptions of high-voltage contact injuries.