KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An electrical worker with the Knoxville Utilities Board is being treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after the company said he was badly shocked and injured on the job.
According to Darrin Rhines with KUB, the employee was doing work in downtown Knoxville off Willow Avenue near Central Avenue around 7:40 a.m. Monday. Rhines said the worker came in contact with an energized electrical circuit, causing a severe shock.
The Knoxville Fire Department and paramedics arrived and took the worker to a local hospital before he was moved to VUMC in Nashville.
KUB said it doesn't have information on the worker's condition or injuries, and is not releasing their identity at this time.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the employee and his family, and out of respect for their privacy, we are not providing his name at this time," KUB said. "KUB will be working with appropriate authorities to investigate this incident.”