Sunday, June 21, 2015

WORKER ELECTROCUTED TO DEATH AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE NEW PAPILLION PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY, IN PAPILLION, NEBRASKA








JUNE 19, 2015

PAPILLION, NEBRASKA

A worker shocked Wednesday at the construction site of the new Papillion Public Works facility near 96th and Giles has died.

Forty-two-year-old Jeffrey Glup of rural Sarpy County was digging with a shovel in a trench when another worker operating a backhoe hit an electrical conduit. 

Glup was employed by TSI Mechanical of La Vista, which issued the following statement on Thursday:

"Jeff Glup, 42, an employee of TSI Mechanical, LLC, was fatally injured Wednesday afternoon about 2:30 p.m. on the Papillion Public Works construction site. Glup, who was a laborer, received a fatal electrical shock when he came in contact with a live electrical conductor while working in a trench installing a storm sewer drain.

At this time we cannot provide additional details as we are attempting to investigate all the facts involved. We are working with local and federal agencies in the investigation of this tragic incident. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and we share in the grief."

OSHA is investigating the incident.