Lineman Eric Weems died and another, Trent Granger, was injured while working on an electrical project in Griffin, Ga. on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

A Georgia town is mourning the loss of a veteran lineman who was killed in a workplace accident. Eric Weems died Wednesday after he and another lineman, Trent Granger, were involved in a workplace "accident" involving equipment failure on Spalding Street ...

GRIFFIN, Ga. — The city where a lineman was killed while on duty says it will make grief counselors available to employees who need assistance. Another worker was seriously injured in the incident. People in the Griffin neighborhood say it’s sad someone lost their life while working.

SPALDING COUNTY — SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. —Officials have identified the lineman who was killed and injured in a utilities accident in Griffin on Wednesday afternoon, according to WSBTV. The city of Griffin identified the lineman as Eric Weems. The current extent of the injuries that lineman Trent Granger has is unknown at this time.

“I really do love my job. I get to go out and do what I love,” Weems told a cameraperson. “And to be able to help others...you can’t beat it.” He goes on to describe what it’s like to be a lineman: hard days of dangerous work. But that he wouldn’t change it.

SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. — A lineman died and another one was injured after an equipment failure at a power project in downtown Griffin. The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office told Channel 2 Action News that two linemen were working on a power project when they were injured. Deputies said one of the linemen died on the scene.

A lineman died and another was injured on Wednesday afternoon after an “equipment failure” in Griffin, according to the city’s police department.