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Electrical worker dies at THS fieldhouse construction site
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
By NEAL WAGNER
ALABASTER, AL –
A 35-year-old electrician was pronounced dead after he was electrocuted while working at a construction site on the new Thompson High School campus on the afternoon of July 24.
Ladarius Williams, of Birmingham, died after he suffered an electric shock while working in the fieldhouse construction site at the new THS, according to Alabaster Fire Chief Tim Love. Emergency crews responded to the scene at about 2:50 p.m., and found Williams unresponsive after he suffered the shock while working on a ladder inside the fieldhouse near the indoor practice field. He was transported to Shelby Baptist Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead, Love said.
The school’s athletic facilities have not yet been turned over to the Alabaster Board of Education – as the rest of the campus’ buildings have – and are still considered active construction sites.
His Facebook profile says that he studied Electrician at Lawson State Community College.
This is a hard one to take. He was a loving family man and God decided to take him. Life sucks, really sucks. RIP Ladarius, see you on the other side.
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By Anna Beahm
abeahm@al.com
An electrical worker died Tuesday after he was electrocuted while working at Thompson High School, authorities said.
The worker, 35-year-old Ladarius Williams, was standing on a ladder doing some work on an electrical line in a ceiling inside the school when he was somehow electrocuted, said Shelby County Coroner Lina Evans. The incident happened around 3 p.m.
No one else was injured in the incident.
Williams was taken to Shelby Baptist Medical Center, where he later died, she said. He was from Birmingham.
Williams' body will be sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Montgomery, Evans said.
The Shelby County Coroner's Office and the Alabaster Police Department are investigating the incident.
Further details were not immediately available.