Worker Taken to PGRH
By 250 News
Friday, January 16, 2009 12:26 PM
Prince George- Rescue teams have removed a man from the pipe bridge between P.G. Pulp and Intercon in Prince George.
The man was erecting scaffolding on the bridge to make repairs to a chemical pipe he came into contact with a high tension power line. The worker was hit with 69 thousand volts of electricity.
Power was knocked out to the entire industrial park including Intercon Pulp, P.G. Pulp, FMC, Husky and a chemical plant.
The contract worker was said to be conscious, and suffering from 2nd and 3rd degree burns.
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Posted by: Green on January 16 2009 5:06 PM
Hope the worker recouperates quickly with no ill effects....