WARRNAMBOOL electrical linesman Paul Seddon was last night fighting for his life after a horrifying work accident in Melbourne.Mr Seddon, who is the father of Koroit star footballer Simon Seddon, is in a coma at the Epworth Hospital in Richmond after coming into contact with live power lines.Mr Seddon, who will turn 44 today, is in intensive care with critical injuries. A hospital spokeswoman said last night he was in a ``very, very serious condition''.Simon was expected to play in tomorrow's Hampden league elimination final against Camperdown at Mortlake.WorkSafe spokesman Michael Birt said the accident happened as Mr Seddon and a younger colleague were working out of cherrypicker to install a transformer in Croydon on Tuesday.Mr Seddon is believed to have been working for power company Jemena.Mr Birt said it was a common practice for linesmen to work on live wires.Jemena spokesman Scott Parker confirmed Mr Seddon and his co-worker were involved in an incident on Tuesday. ``We don't know the circumstances at this stage but we have started our own investigation as well as assisting WorkSafe with their's in order to find out what happened,'' he said.``We need to make sure we know the circumstances so that it does not happen in the future.''Mr Parker said Jemena was providing support to Mr Seddon's family and his younger co-worker, who is also believed to be from Warrnambool.``For a number of us it has been a very tough week,'' he said.It is understood Mr Seddon previously worked for Powercor in Warrnambool and still lives in Warrnambool although he often travels to work in Melbourne.Mr Birt said another linesman was killed earlier this year during a big storm on the Mornington Peninsula.``This latest accident also comes a matter of weeks after a man suffered dreadful electrical injuries near Mildura,'' he said.``He was on an elevating work platform that hit power lines.'' The spokesman said WorkSafe continually ran advertising campaigns about the dangerous of electricity, such as `look up and live' and `dial before you dig'.``The dangers of electricity are well known but accidents keep happening,'' Mr Birt said. ``Another accident a couple of months ago involved a jackhammer hitting underground power lines in Richmond.''