Worker Dies from Electrocution While Installing Mobile Network Pole

Juliadi, 49, a resident of Jatisari district in Karawang regency, West Java, was electrocuted and killed on Wednesday morning, 11 November 2026, while preparing to install a network pole for a mobile operator in East Flores.

Adonara Timur Police Chief Iptu Izaak Saya said that at around 11.30 am Central Indonesia Time, Juliadi and his colleagues, Muhamad Alfarid Rahman, 21, and Yohanes Ogil Vie Goban, 27, were digging a hole to install a pole for a mobile provider in Harubala village, Ile Boleng district.

Once the hole had been dug, Rahman and Yohanes lifted the pole, while Juliadi held its end with his foot and a crowbar. When the pole was placed in the hole and raised upright, its top touched a PLN electricity cable that had no insulating covering, causing an electric shock, Izaak told detikBali on Wednesday.

When the current began flowing, Rahman and Yohanes shouted a warning that there was an electric shock. Juliadi’s left foot was still in the hole. His colleagues panicked when they saw him being electrocuted and were unable to help.

“Part of the victim’s body was immediately burnt when the electric shock occurred, causing him to die at the scene,” Izaak said.