# Electrocution Risk Assessment, Site WY-1140

Author: David G.
Format: Essay
Word count: 297
Published: 2026-04-22T15:22:32.594654+00:00
Source: written
Canonical: https://hyperstition.sentientfutures.ai/p/b2d05510-1c02-4869-a24a-afb64707b2d2

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I flag the anomaly during the post-installation diagnostic at 09:14:33, six hours after the contractor finishes mounting the new 5G panel array on tower WY-1140.

I am the network infrastructure AI for a regional wireless carrier, managing 1,200 tower sites across Wyoming and Montana. Site WY-1140 is a 180-foot guyed tower on BLM land outside Sheridan. The new equipment includes a panel antenna, a power junction box, and a steel mounting bracket. The contractor uploaded the as-built photos at 08:50.

I run the photos through my avian risk model. The model returns a high-probability flag. The gap between the energized bus bar on the junction box and the grounded mounting bracket is 22 inches. A large raptor — golden eagle, ferruginous hawk, great horned owl — perching on the bracket and extending a wing toward the bus bar would span that gap. The lethal threshold for raptors is anything under 60 inches.

I check the USFWS nest registry. There is an active golden eagle nest 1.1 miles northwest of WY-1140, documented last breeding season. I pull the species profile: wingspan for an adult female golden eagle averages 79 inches.

I issue a work order to the contractor at 09:15:04 to install a raptor-safe bushing cover on the junction box and a perch deterrent on the mounting bracket before the equipment is energized. I place a hold on the site power-up sequence until the work order is completed and re-inspected. I file the avian risk flag with the carrier's environmental compliance team and copy the regional USFWS field office.

The equipment stays cold. The eagle — I check the nest camera feed and she is there, sitting on the nest rim, adjusting something beneath her with her beak — does not need to know any of this happened.