RUTLEDGE, Tenn. (WVLT) – The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) has fined Appalachian Electric after one of its linemen was electrocuted while on the job in July.

Nathan Potter died on July 23 after being electrocuted on a job site in Grainger County. He had been a lineman for more than a decade and was with Appalachian Electric for six years.

According to TOSHA, Potter was in a bucket truck tightening bolts on the framing of a transporter when he came into contact with a energized switch. He not wearing insulated gloves and sleeves, and the switch was not insulated at the time of the incident.

TOSHA cited Appalachian Electric and fined the company $8,000.