SC man electrocuted at Upstate business. Here’s where and what happened

A 26-year-old Greenville man was electrocuted Wednesday while operating a lift machine at a Spartanburg business.

Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger identified the man as Joe Conner Nuckolls, of Streamoak Lane in Greenville. An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday.

Clevenger said the lift machine came in close proximity to a high voltage wire at Lubrizol.

Lubrizol is a chemical company owned by Berkshire Hathaway with headquarters in Ohio.

Clevenger said Nuckolls was an employee of United Rentals, Inc., performing an inspection when the incident occurred. United Rentals is .a national company with several locations in South Carolina.

South Carolina OSHA is also investigating.