SAGGISOR, Tom J.


Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona April 28, 1988, page 2-A A 28-year old Montana man was killed last week after being electrocuted and falling to his death from an 85-foot power pole west of Aguila. Sgt. Jay Ellison of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said Tom J. Saggisor of Missoula, Mont. was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, 12 miles west of Aguila off Highway 60, by emergency medical personnel after being electrocuted and falling from a steel power pole derrick he was working on. The accident occurred late Tuesday morning April 19, according to reports. Saggisor was working on a power pole project and was employed by Dust, Inc., a subcontracting firm based in Michigan, Ellison said. The construction project is erecting utility poles to carry power from the Parker Dam at the Colorado River to the Phoenix metropolitan area. Saggisor’s body was sent to Montana for burial, authorities said.