Cole v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Daniel R. Cole damaged an overhead powerline while operating a forklift in the yard at his place of employment, Wilson Supply. While Cole was backing the forklift to pull a section of pipe out of a pile, some part of the forklift came into contact with an overhead high voltage electrical wire operated by the Homer Electric Association (HEA). The wire sparked and burned into two pieces. Cole immediately turned off the forklift and contacted HEA. When HEA Planning Assistant Mark Ishiguro went to the Wilson Supply yard, Cole told Ishiguro he thought the wire had been…