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December 4, 2002

Overhead wires electrocute worker

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- A man laying sewer pipe in a new home development was electrocuted when a backhoe, operated by his father, hit a powerline overhead, the Yakima County sheriff's office said.

William Anderson, 26, was pronounced dead Monday at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital.

Chuck Anderson, 63, the owner of Central Concrete and Utilities, was operating the backhoe while his son stabilized a section of pipe that was tethered by cable to the backhoe bucket, the sheriff's office said.

The boom on the backhoe hit a powerline above it and the electrical current was transmitted to the younger Anderson.

The state Department of Labor and Industries is investigating.




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