The full report states that Steffey’s body was found in the same position in which he died, still in contact with the live wire. Other sources state that the discovery of the body occurred due to a janitor hearing popping or pinging sounds coming from the electrical room, which were caused by electricity arcing from his body into a pool of fluids that had drained from him during that time.
In fact, we’ve even got a thread about it from when it happened.
And here’s an article from the time of the discovery, confirming that they had to turn off the power to safely remove the body.