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A Georgia Power lineman was severely burned in a Georgia work accident while installing a utility pole in Milton, Georgia. Authorities say 25-year-old Kylan Warren of Acworth was caught in the explosion, and has suffered 80% burns to his entire body. Apparently, a device used to drill the hole for the utility pole struck the gas line, causing the explosion.

Prior to placing utility poles, the gas company is called out to the site to mark the location of the lines, so that when the lineman goes to the jobsite (where he probablly uses a digger derrick such as the one pictured below), he knows where to dig and where not to dig. A lineman is not expected to do anything other than rely on the marks placed by the gas company when setting up his digger derrick and placing the utility pole.

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One person was killed, and another suffered severe burn injuries, in a recent gas explosion . Jason McCorkle was killed while working on his brother's property after breaching a gas line owned by Dixie Pipeline. The gas line was a 30 year-old propane line. A piece of construction equipment breached the line, causing the gas leak. Mr. McCorkle's father was taken to the Joe Still Burn Center for his burn injuries.

Often, sub-surface (below ground) propane lines and gas lines are either not marked or improperly marked, such that those working around the lines cannot accurately determine where, exactly, the lines are buried or how large the line is. As a result, Georgia workers are left exposed to injury or even death.

Whether you've been injured in an Atlanta Workers' Compensation event, or whether you have a work injury claim against a third party, an injury on the job is never pleasant.

By way of example, a plant explosion recently occurred at a metal factory when men working with a furnace became engulfed in flames. These types of injuries are ALWAYS preventable if workers are wearing basic PPE and exercising common sense.

When working in hot environments (like a furnace) workers should be wearing fire proof gloves and clothing, which provides adequate PPE redundancies, eliminates skin exposure, and significantly reduces the probability of work injury.