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Digicel technician suffers electric shocks while on pole @ West End

September 14th, 2025 | Tags: technician electric shocks Digicel live wire injured
A technician attached to the telecommunications company, Digicel, was injured while working on a pole in Romney Park, West End, on Saturday, September 13, 2025. Photo: Team of Reporters
WEST END, Tortola, VI- A technician attached to the telecommunications company, Digicel, was injured while working on a pole in Romney Park, West End, on Saturday, September 13, 2025.

According to reports, it was around 4:00 pm that the technician came into contact with a live wire.

Eyewitnesses told our News Centre, the man was seen hanging from the pole in an apparent unconscious state.

‘Responsive’

Our News Centre was also told that the injured man became responsive before he was rushed to Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital.

Power in the West End area, as well as Jost van Dyke, had to be cut as a result of the incident.

Efforts to get a comment from Digicel BVI were unsuccessful up to the time of publication.

18 Responses to “Digicel technician suffers electric shocks while on pole @ West End”

  • get well (14/09/2025, 13:57) Like (20) Dislike (1) Reply
    Speedy recovery
  • WOW (14/09/2025, 14:16) Like (23) Dislike (6) Reply
    HE HAD A CLOSE SHAVE / HOPE HE GIVE THANKS TO THE MAN UPSTAIRS ( A WORD TO THOSE WHO INDULGE IN DOING OR SAYING THE WRONG TUINGS TO MAKE OR HURT OTHERS / ALWAYS REMEMBER ) IN THE BLINK OF CAN EYE WE CAN BE TAKEN OUT ~ ACCIDENTALLY OR ~ INTENTIONALLY , / SO LET US ALL DO THE RIGHT THING / HOPE YOU RECOVER SOON BRO ???? AND ALWAYS THANK GOD FOR LIFE .
  • de silent one (14/09/2025, 15:18) Like (20) Dislike (0) Reply
    Wow! Its a very serious incident and hope that he have a full and speedy recovery. There's a need for a more secure method of climbing and been on these poles. Dont they use bucket trucks anymore
    • @de silent one (14/09/2025, 16:02) Like (34) Dislike (4) Reply
      And it would make more sense if all cables (electricity & phone/internet) were installed underground.....
      • Hmm idk (14/09/2025, 21:28) Like (14) Dislike (0) Reply
        With the state of maintenance the BVI does, water and electricity don’t mix. Poor civilians better not step in a puddle
  • Sad (14/09/2025, 16:07) Like (18) Dislike (0) Reply
    Get Well soon
  • Digisell coud do betta (14/09/2025, 19:11) Like (8) Dislike (1) Reply
    Them need to start using bucket trucks
  • Lord 0. Very Sad. (14/09/2025, 20:48) Like (12) Dislike (0) Reply
    Great Service comes with sacrifices...Happy he survived and is ok...They were working to keep us connected, they csre, unlike water and sewage. We appreciate the effort to keep us connected but please be cautious, put your own safety first..
  • Blind Man (14/09/2025, 21:38) Like (14) Dislike (2) Reply
    This one of the reason bvi EC insist that the cable companies plant there own poles so they would have no need for their workers to be climbing power line poles.
  • No water (14/09/2025, 23:35) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
    Please don’t give him water
    Had a relative got electrocuted and was given water Shivi killed him
  • OSHA (15/09/2025, 10:28) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    So will there be an investigation into this unfortunate incident that luckily resulted in this worker surviving what could have been a fatality?

    Glad he is alive, but isn’t this happening more frequently to an in the past (working at heights) that more attention should be placed on safety for these specific works?
  • oooo (15/09/2025, 10:39) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Poor fella
  • Well (15/09/2025, 11:14) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Wpeedy recovery but those Digicel guys are too unfriendly.
    • Proud BV Islander (17/09/2025, 14:50) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
      Wow a man almost lost his life and that's the best you can say no sah inhumane backside. Some people just don't have no heart.
  • Old Sparky (15/09/2025, 12:34) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Hope he’ll be ok. Won’t do that again
  • RedStorm (15/09/2025, 14:15) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    The company need to give them rubberized PPE, gloves, shoes, overall. No one should be on those people risking their lives for TV installation. Ensure your employees are covered with life insurance, aircraft lift, if the worse should happen.
  • Need to look into (15/09/2025, 15:08) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
    These telecommunications companies need to stop using BVIEC pools and get their own. Otherwise we will have more of these kind of accidents and even worse trust me.


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