IT’S DIFFICULT TO APPRECIATE THE DANGER AND FRUSTRATION THAT UNDERGROUND WORKERS FACE IN THEIR DAILY TASKS
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Imagine going to work in the middle of the street where you need cones and a barrier for protection, and maybe even a policeman: where you need to test the manhole cover for stray voltage and the air for dangerous gases. When you open the cover and look down, you may see oil floating on water in which case you may have to call in the pump and clean truck. The lab results of the sludge may come back with lead contamination. Then when you enter the confined space, about the size of a large bathroom, you hear the hum of transformers and see primary circuits racked along the walls. While checking the arc proofing, you notice that rats have eaten away at it for nest material.

Now imagine this is your work place and you need to work there five days a week.

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