From nearly losing his arms as a result of a workplace accident to becoming a world champion arm-wrestler, the last 15 years have been a wild ride for Dan Plexman of Thunder Bay, Ont.
The accident happened in 2008 while Plexman was working for a hydroelectric company in Red Lake, Ont.
“I was working alone in a manlift,” Plexman recalled. “I was working under live power lines.
“I was working all by myself, and that right there is a big no no,” he said. “I didn’t have the electrical knowhow and the electrical knowledge and experience to be working by myself…. Plus, it’s illegal. It’s
