Electric cooperative employee killed on the job is identified by SC coroner
An employee of a power company was killed Tuesday while working in the Midlands, according to Black River Electric Cooperative.
Timothy John Gardner, a 34-year-old Sumter resident, was the lineman who was electrocuted, Kershaw County Coroner David West said Thursday.
Gardner was working with a crew on Canty Hill Road in Cassatt, Black River CEO Charlie Allen said in a release. That’s in the area between U.S. 1 and Interstate 20.
The lineman touched “a piece of equipment that had become energized,” Allen said. Further information about the incident and what the crew was working on was not available.
Attempts to resuscitate Gardner were unsuccessful and he was taken to MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to Allen.
No other injuries were reported in what Black River called an accident.
“Black River is a close-knit family, and we are devastated with this loss,” said Allen. “We are praying for his family and his fellow linemen, and all of the people who called him a friend. He had the best personality, loved to talk to everyone and adored his wife and children. Words cannot express how much he will be missed.”
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This story was originally published September 14, 2023 at 8:46 AM.
