While speaking with Newsweek on Wednesday, Captain Ralph Fench of the Henry County Fire Marshal’s Office said that the incident happened on Tuesday at around 11:30 a.m. local time. Fench said that several AT&T employees were working in the area beginning at 8:15 a.m. installing fiber optic cables.

WSB-TV news in Atlanta reported that the incident occurred near the Clark Estates trailer park on Clark Drive in Henry County.

“At around 11:30 a.m., one of the crewmen was trying to stow the bucket back into the truck and came into contact with the power lines, live power lines,” Fench said.

According to Fench, when the bucket hit the live power lines, the worker, who was not identified, was electrocuted. The employee was pronounced dead at the scene, Fench said.

Fench told Newsweek that the unidentified employee was not inside the bucket at the time of the incident and instead was on the ground near the truck’s operating panels, which are used to lower the bucket.

The unidentified employee was alone at his truck when the incident occurred; however, Fench said that there were several other AT&T employees in the area as they were installing fiber optic cables.

“When the explosion was heard, one of the crewmen ran toward that direction and once he got over there, he did notice that one of the crewmen was laying beside his truck, on fire, along with the truck,” Fench said.

WSB-TV also reported that the employee who was electrocuted worked for AT&T for 24 years. Newsweek was able to confirm this reporting with Fench, who also noted that the employee never had any safety issues in his time working for the company.

According to Fench, police are currently investigating the incident, and officials have already notified the next of kin.

In a statement sent to Newsweek, a spokesperson for AT&T said, “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our employee in this tragic accident,” adding, “our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.”

The AT&T spokesperson also told Newsweek that the company is actively working with police as they continue to investigate the incident.

Newsweek reached out to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office for comment.

Last year, a 17-year-old female was fatally electrocuted when her vehicle drove into a downed power line that had been hit by a tree during a storm.

Also last year, the Weber County Sheriff’s Office in Utah posted a warning on Facebook after it had seen more people setting up hammocks on local power lines.