Hirschbach v. Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.

Hirschbach was an electrical lineman working for the Wagner-Smith Company, an independent contractor, which had been retained by CG&E to build and renew electric transmission and distribution lines in CG&E’s service area. The work included replacing three copper wire conductors with aluminum wire conductors. The Wagner-Smith crew had been working on the job site for approximately a month, had replaced two of the conductors successfully and was in the process of replacing the third and final conductor on the day of the fatal accident. The decedent and a fellow lineman climbed up to the lower…