Columbia Line Worker in Stable Condition After Electric Shock

Law Office of Jason M. Hafield P.A. Files First Amended Complaint on Behalf of Injured Employee Following Electrical Injury Incident - Law Firm Newswire

Springdale, Arkansas – An employee of Ervin Cable Construction has filed a first amended complaint in Washington County Circuit Court (Case No. 72CV-25-461) following a life-threatening incident that occurred on January 6, 2023, while he was working on a utility pole near Hartford, Arkansas. The complaint seeks damages from multiple defendants, alleging negligence and product liability related to a defective electrical component. According to th…

UPDATE: Columbia lineman shocked during outage now in Mercy burn unit; family asking for prayers

The family of a Columbia lineman who was shocked on a pole Monday night while responding to an outage says he’s in the burn unit at St. John’s Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. This is Columbia lineman Kody Kile, his wife Lauren and their three children (gofundmephoto used with permission of the family) A Gofundme has raised more than $57,000 to help lineman Kody Kile and his family. Mr. Kile’s father-in-law, First State Community Bank president Joe …

Columbia line worker shocked while restoring outage, hospitalized

A Columbia line worker was electrocuted overnight while working to repair a power outage, a Columbia Utilities representative confirmed.