Limb being removed made contact with wires.
Man killed in powerline accident | tree, killed, owned - Top News - Burlington Times News Quote:
A man who owned a tree service company was killed shortly after noon Wednesday after he was electrocuted while trimming branches of a tree at a house on North Gurney Street in Burlington.
William Ricky Phillips Jr., 35, who owns Woodworx Tree Service out of Thomasville, was up in a pine tree at the time of the incident. He and at least one other man were at the job at 303 N. Gurney St. at 12:05 p.m., according to a Burlington Police Department news release.
“Some of the limbs he was working on came in contact with primary power lines,” said Burlington Fire Chief Michael Willets. “When he was in contact with the limb, he was electrocuted.”
When the call came over the police scanner, it was thought Phillips was just knocked unconscious after the chainsaw hit the branch. When authorities arrived, Phillips was still harnessed to the tree and hanging upside down. The chainsaw was still running.
A Burlington firefighter climbed a ladder to get to Phillips. He checked his wrist for a pulse and shook his head to indicate that Phillips didn’t have one. The firefighter also turned off the chainsaw.
Firefighters used a ladder truck with a bucket to get Phillips down. “We were able to secure him and disconnect him from his safety lines and bring him to the ground,” Willets said. “That was all we were able to do.”
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15th April 2010, 08:47 AM
William Ricky Phillips Jr| Woodworx Tree Service Thomasville Electrocuted 
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