“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.

A city in Georgia is mourning the loss of a lineman after a workplace injury. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, lineman Eric Weems died and another, Trent Granger, was injured while working on a project in Griffin, Ga., in the morning hours, according to a Facebook post by city officials.

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.

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.

We covered before how a father and high-profile CEO along with his teenage daughter were killed in a freak bulldozer accident in a Utah canyon during the summer. Now, new information in that case indicates the driver who was towing that bulldozer lied to police and is now facing felony charges as a result.