Mike Wilks is lucky to be alive. The special effects technician on Audience Network’s Mr. Mercedes was nearly electrocuted March 2 on the show’s set in South Carolina and remains hospitalized after having four toes amputated and undergoing multiple surgeries to repair his hands and what’s left of his feet. The accident is being investigated by Osha.
A source tells Deadline that Wilks was working in man-made rain when the Condor lift he was operating got too close to power lines, which arced and sent two bolts of electricity coursing through the machine and into his hands and out his feet.
“I was involved in a serious electrocution by power line,” he posted on Facebook – apparently with some assistance, considering the severity of the injuries to his hands. “The electricity ran through my fingers, through my body and exiting out my toes. To say I was lucky is an understatement.
A source tells Deadline that Wilks was working in man-made rain when the Condor lift he was operating got too close to power lines, which arced and sent two bolts of electricity coursing through the machine and into his hands and out his feet.
“I was involved in a serious electrocution by power line,” he posted on Facebook – apparently with some assistance, considering the severity of the injuries to his hands. “The electricity ran through my fingers, through my body and exiting out my toes. To say I was lucky is an understatement.
- 3/13/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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