IBEW Local 46

IBEW Local 46 Electrician, Kat Engnell, lost her life at work, Thursday, November 20, 2008, during the day shift at the Saint Gobain glass plant. Kat was up on a metal platform doing lighting maintenance.

Kat Engnell was an amazing woman. Originally from the Midwest, she grew up in Issaquah and moved back to Seattle after receiving her Masters Degree in Fine Arts. While driving a transit bus in Knoxville, Tennessee, she had a chance encounter with a JATC instructor who was attending a national JATC conference. After a long conversation with him about the electrical apprenticeship, she decided to become an electrician and entered the PSEJATC in Seattle.

Kat was the most humble, hard working, serious electrician anyone ever worked with. She worked with a lot of Local 46 hands, and despite her qualities, she was laid off numerous times for being a 5’ 2” woman with a couple of grey hairs. Diversity and full inclusion in the electrical industry were passions of hers.

A memorial scholarship fund has been set up in Kat’s honor and if you wish to donate to it, please donate here at the Hall. Your donations are tax deductible. Please make checks to Katharina Engnell Memorial Scholarship Fund, Account 471001014441 at Key Bank.

Her interests included hiking, kayaking, raising hens, collecting antiques, creating and teaching art, politics, unionism, and rocking out to hippy music. If there was a party, Kat was there having a good time. She was a fantastic mechanic, intellectual, and a bohemian all in one. All who knew her can say that her kindness and generosity were boundless. She will be missed but will live on in our memories and stories of her, and in the kindness and care we show to each other in this truly dangerous field.

Link to her Backpacker Profile: http://backpackers.meetup.com/114/members/3043985/
Link to Accident Article: http://www.kirotv.com/news/18027219/detail.html#
Link to Hoh River Pictures: http://backpackers.meetup.com/114/photos/?photo
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Katharina Engnell Celebration of Life Slideshow.
Music by Nickleback "If Today Was Your Last Day"

Katharina (Kat) Engnell

IBEW Local 46 Wireman

IBEW Local 46 Electrician, Kat Engnell, lost her life at work, Thursday, November 20, 2008, during the day shift at the Saint Gobain glass plant. Kat was up on a metal platform doing lighting maintenance. Kat Engnell was an amazing woman. Originally from the Midwest, she grew up in Issaquah and moved back to Seattle after receiving her Masters Degree in Fine Arts. While driving a transit bus in Knoxville, Tennessee, she had a chance encounter with a JATC instructor who was attending a national JATC conference. After a long conversation with him about the electrical apprenticeship, she decided to become an electrician and entered the PSEJATC in Seattle. Kat was the most humble, hard working, serious electrician anyone ever worked with. She worked with a lot of Local 46 hands, and despite her qualities, she was laid off numerous times for being a 5’ 2” woman with a couple of grey hairs. Diversity and full inclusion in the electrical industry were passions of hers. A memorial scholarship fund has been set up in Kat’s honor and if you wish to donate to it, please donate here at the Hall. Your donations are tax deductible. Please make checks to Katharina Engnell Memorial Scholarship Fund, Account 471001014441 at Key Bank. Her interests included hiking, kayaking, raising hens, collecting antiques, creating and teaching art, politics, unionism, and rocking out to hippy music. If there was a party, Kat was there having a good time. She was a fantastic mechanic, intellectual, and a bohemian all in one. All who knew her can say that her kindness and generosity were boundless. She will be missed but will live on in our memories and stories of her, and in the kindness and care we show to each other in this truly dangerous field. Link to her Backpacker Profile: http://backpackers.meetup.com/114/members/3043985/ Link to Accident Article: http://www.kirotv.com/news/18027219/detail.html# Link to Hoh River Pictures: http://backpackers.meetup.com/114/photos/?photo AlbumId=95701&photoId=635780&op=defaultAlbum Katharina Engnell Celebration of Life Slideshow. Music by Nickleback "If Today Was Your Last Day"