Amtrak Worker Killed in Bronx Transformer Explosion

[Victrola1]

An Amtrak worker died and two other people were injured from a transformer explosion in New York on Thursday, authorities said.

The unidentified employee was working on a transformer at a Con Edison substation in the Van Nest section of The Bronx, the northernmost borough of New York City, when it blew around 11 a.m.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-amtrak-worker-killed-transformer

[rrnut282]

Bummer, it was supposed to be dead so he could do his thing and it wasn't.  I feel for his family, this being in the holiday season.  

[Euclid]

rrnut282

Bummer, it was supposed to be dead so he could do his thing and it wasn't.

It seems hard to believe that this was possible.  I would think that a person working on something that was require to be de-energized in order to do the work would have a positive way of knowing it was de-energized and a way to prevent it from becoming energized before the person doing the work was finished and in the clear. 

[tree68]

Euclid

I would think that a person working on something that was require to be de-energized in order to do the work would have a positive way of knowing it was de-energized and a way to prevent it from becoming energized before the person doing the work was finished and in and clear. 

There is - lock-out/tag-out.

The question is first, is that possible on the equipment in question (some older equipment may not be suitably equipped for the practice), and second, if the capability did exist, was it in use...