Posted: August 20, 2010

T&D EQUIPMENT OPERATOR DIES IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT

Gerald Biedinger, a T&D Equipment Operator for PG&E, died Aug. 20, 2010 in a workplace accident. The preliminary belief is that he stepped off his equipment, unaware that he had contacted the 17KV overhead. More information will be published on this website as it becomes available.

Biedinger, 57, was initiated into the IBEW in 1978.

IBEW Local 1245 extends its condolences to the friends, family and co-workers of Brother Gerald Biedinger.