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Appalachian Electric fined $8,000 after lineman killed while working on power line in July

Crew members immediately provided life-saving measures. The lineman was taken to Morristown-Hamblen Hospital but did not survive, according to AEC.

GRAINGER COUNTY, Tenn. — Appalachian Electric will have to pay a fine to the state after an employee died while on the job. 

Nathan Potter died in July while installing a transformer near Cherokee Dam in Grainger County. The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the 39-year-old was in a bucket truck to get to the top part of a pole and touched an energized switch. 

Crew members immediately provided life-saving measures. The lineman was taken to Morristown-Hamblen Hospital but did not survive, according to AEC. 

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Potter worked as a lineman for over six years and leaves behind three young children and a wife who is a stay-at-home mom.

TOSHA said he was not wearing insulated gloves and sleeves and did not insulate the switch. State officials fined the company $8,000. 

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