Wouldn't the safest way to pull it, since you had to do it live, would have been to feed at the transformer?
The most danger is until the head is into the conduit. It should be taped up good. Then you should be able to feed from outside the transformer.
This would limit the danger since you have more control where the head is while you feed than when it come out.
I would have pushed to have a shut down during the night to do this pull. I am also the owner my company. I am the most valuable person in the company. If I got hurt during the pull, my guys would have no work too. Scheduled outages are a normal thing for construction with the POCO.
[This message has been edited by tkb (edited 05-03-2005).]
