Thanjavur: An employee of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corportion (TANGEDCO) was electrocuted while he was attending a fault by climbing atop an electric post at Pinnaiyur village in Orathanadu taluk today.
The 40-year-old Veeraiyan, electrician and resident of Ayyampatti village in Orathanadu taluk, was attending the fault on the electric post when he accidentally came into contact with a high-tension. Following which he died and was found hanging much to the shock of the local residents.
On being informed, a police team attached to Orathanadu police station rushed there, retrieved his body and sent it to government hospital for postmortem.
Veeraiyan had not worn the mandatory hand-gloves while attending the fault. Secondly, power supply would be terminated before the staff attended to faults but this precautionary step was not taken in this case, Tangedco officials said.
The 40-year-old Veeraiyan, electrician and resident of Ayyampatti village in Orathanadu taluk, was attending the fault on the electric post when he accidentally came into contact with a high-tension. Following which he died and was found hanging much to the shock of the local residents.
On being informed, a police team attached to Orathanadu police station rushed there, retrieved his body and sent it to government hospital for postmortem.
Veeraiyan had not worn the mandatory hand-gloves while attending the fault. Secondly, power supply would be terminated before the staff attended to faults but this precautionary step was not taken in this case, Tangedco officials said.