The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Appalachian Electric after one of its linemen died on the job.
Nathan Potter died on July 23 after being electrocuted on a job site in Grainger County. He had been a lineman for more than a decade and was with Appalachian Electric for six years.
TOSHA says he was in a bucket truck tightening bolts on the framing of a transporter when he came into contact with a energized switch which was not insulated at the time of the incident.
TOSHA cited Appalachian Electric and fined the company $8,000.
