This accident occurred on the 10th of June about three miles
from Chanute, Kansase We were working on a country electric line which was
being evils for electric lights and motor equipment for dairys which
were operating under state regulations, and therefore had to have this elec=
tricity. a ths Thue Sead bons Cuglews went tte ‘Siaiad teen the main line
to the remainder of the line.

The accident happened to an employee who had climbed the pole
and was ready to tie in or make connections to make the whole line live.

Two other employees had not canpleted their job of getting the guy line
shifted. About one-third of the way down the guy line is an insulator called
the “johnny ball". This "johnny ball" was resting on the country telephone
line. The employee — put his foot on the thirstedts bolt which fastens the

guy line to the top of the pole and had also shifted his safety belt and

was resting there before begiming his worke When he reached up to tie in this
live wire it automatically grounded him, because the guy line was touching the
country telephone linee Another employee was working with him and saw immed-
iately that he had gotten into the electric lines

When he first came into contact with the electricity his
muscles were set very firmly. All he could do was to groan and fall back
into his safety belt. However, when he fell back his hooks slipped out, or
were kicked out of the pole, and one foot hit the guy line just enough to
lower the "johnny ball" on the country telephone line and break the connectione
When the connection was broken he was automatically released, and started to
fall. He fell for about three feet, but his weight was so much that his
safety belt broke when he hit the through bolt in the guy line. He then
was released entirely fram the pole and turned over two complete times be-

fore hitting the ground face downe