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.