Amey linesman suffers 55% burns after huge electric shock

A self-employed senior linesman for Amey suffered terrible life-changing electric shock injuries after touching a 25,000 volt live contact wire on a Christmas Day shift.
The incident involving Allister Hunt, happened on 25 December 2019 as he carried out remedial ‘snagging’ works to overhead lines 2.5 miles outside Paddington Station, near Kensal Green, London.
The on-site team were unaware that they were working outside the electrical isolation and as a consequence Hunt touched the