Drilling worker killed after hitting power line in Eagle River
The man who was killed by electrocution in Eagle River on Tuesday has been identified as Donald Emmert. That's according to Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman Anita Shell. Emmert was 57.
His family has been notified.
UPDATE:
A man died by electrocution while working on a well project at a home on Upper Skyline Drive in Eagle River on Tuesday morning.
Anchorage Police Sergeant Todd Kearns said the unidentified man was raising a truck boom when it made contact with overhead electrical wires. APD and medics responded at about 10:30 a.m. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
He was with Chugiak-based Sullivan Water Wells and was working alone at the time, according to Kearns.
The state medical exam will autopsy the man's body. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will investigate, Kearns said.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Anchorage police and the medical examiner are at a home on the 1900 block of Upper Skyline Drive in Eagle River at this hour.
There is a body covered by a sheet lying on the grass.
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Drilling worker killed after hitting power line in Eagle River
By KTVA CBS 11 News 2:49 PM August 2, 2016
EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA–
Last updated at 4:36 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 2
A man was killed after the boom truck he was operating hit an elevated power line in a residential area of Eagle River Tuesday morning.
Anchorage police identified the man as 57-year-old Donald Emmert.
A spokesperson for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said Emmert was operating a boom truck with a wired remote when part of the boom arm hit a power line while he was working at a home on Upper Skyline Drive.
OSHA acting chief, Ron Anderson said Emmert was working alone at the time of the incident, which remains under investigation. OSHA said it may take up to three months to complete the investigation.
The Anchorage Fire Department received a call at 10:30 a.m. and responded with five units, according to spokesperson John See.
Matanuska Electric Association was on site Tuesday afternoon to restore power to the affected area.