Lineman for power company killed in work accident

[CPOPE]

Posted: Aug 10, 2010 7:17 PM EDT

Eau Claire (WQOW) - A fatal accident, involving a lineman for a power company, leaves investigators wondering what exactly happened.

Glenn Parker, 44, an Eau Claire native, was electrocuted Saturday. He worked for North Central Power Company out of Radisson. Parker, and another lineman, were working on restoring power after the storms in Sawyer County, when he came into contact with a live wire.

Parker grew up in Eau Claire and had been living in the Radisson area. The other lineman was not hurt.
http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12958650

[mscheuerer]

Judging by the comments here, it seems he was a very well liked guy.

Thought's and prayers to the family!


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[Trbl639]

A sad deal! Prayers for the family, friends and co=workers!

I wonder if PVD's were being used?

[TresAmigos]

Ive seen it posted, what is a PVD?

[Trbl639]

Ive seen it posted, what is a PVD?

Personal Voltage Detector....made by HD electric...little device you wear that works off of the magnetic field created by an energized conductor......when it sense the magnetic field of the conductor, an alarm goes off to warn you that you are close to an energized conductor/potential hazard............required eqpt at some utilities on storm restoration or outage work...

[Orgnizdlbr]

Damn........prayers for him and his family