TVA Employee Killed Earlier Today Identified

SHEFFIELD-The TVA worker electrocuted Monday morning, April 11 has been identified.  TVA sources say the victim is Wendell Smith, 51.  Smith has been a TVA employee for 26 years he worked as a hydro technician at the dam powerhouse.

Smith died when he came in contact with a live electrical box inside the dam’s powerhouse.

OSHA and TVA are investigating the accident.