A Dangerous Fall for a Local Utility Manager
George Turner, the local manager for the Priest Rapids Light & Power Company, is recovering in a Pasco hospital after a severe fall from a transmission pole.
George Turner, local manager for the P. P. R. L. Co., who was badly injured last week when he fell from one of the transmission poles, is reported to be getting along nicely in the hospital at Pasco. The swelling in his right leg, that was broken in the fall, is disappearing and he has been almost entirely relieved from the back strain. He expects to return to White Bluffs next week.
“The swelling in his right leg, that was broken in the fall, is disappearing and he has been almost entirely relieved from the back strain.”
The occupational hazards of maintaining electrical infrastructure in the rural Columbia Basin remain a reminder of the physical labor required to electrify the frontier.
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