A Minnesota Power employee died of an electric shock during maintenance work at a substation near Bovey on Tuesday.
According to a report from the Itasca County Sheriff's Office, James Phillip Gibeau, 37, of Grand Rapids, was in the bucket of a truck replacing a line at the substation at 21441 County Road 434 when he was electrocuted at 2:14 p.m. Tuesday. The report, written by three deputies that responded to the call, said other workers reported the line "was shut off but there was still a lot of static electricity that goes through the line."This content is for CoAction Insurance policy holders.
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