Workers Push Scaffold Inadvertently Touch Electric Wire and Suffered Death by Electric Shock

At 8 o'clock yesterday morning, near the west gate of the Communication University of China, two workers joined forces to push the iron scaffolding and accidentally touched the high-voltage line. The electric current knocked down the two people, one died on the spot, and the other was sent to Jishuitan Hospital for treatment. Last night, the nurse on duty stated that it was still not certain that the wounded had been out of danger.

When the reporter arrived at the scene, the scaffold had been pushed away. A wire fell down on the ground. A black spot was left in front of the transformer station. The outside wall of the transformer station was half painted white and the other half was not painted. “Two workers pushed a wheeled iron scaffolding to paint the walls outside the substation early in the morning. One stood at a high place for painting and the other took delivery of the tools.” Mr. Chen from the nearby stationery store witnessed the incident. “ After half of the plastering, the scaffolding needs to be pushed to the other side to continue operations. At this time, one of their coworkers passed by. The two men called him to help. The workers standing on the scaffolding did not come down. Two other people pushed the scaffolding. Caught on the high-voltage line, the two fell almost at the same time, and the workers on the stand could not dare to move.

After the power company personnel arrived, the circuit was cut off. “At that time, both men had a fire on their bodies. One of them had a slipper, two holes were broken, and the other’s cloth shoes were burning. The flesh of their hands was valgus and the scene had a burning smell. It's scary," one witness said. According to informed sources, a welder who was temporarily called to help out had not lived for a few days and was arranged to take care of the construction materials and lived in a work shed not far from the scene of the accident. "I did not expect to lose my life in the past but I still bought mineral water yesterday." One merchant said with regret.

The reporter went to the work shed to check and put the yellow paint in the bucket on the door. The scaffold was piled around the work shed. The shed was empty. "After the accident, all the workers left," one security guard revealed.

At 7 o'clock last night, the reporter saw a worker with electric shock on the ward of the Jishuitan Hospital. He lay on a bed covered with a thin cotton quilt, had an oxygen tube in his nose, and exposed his hands outside the quilt and burns on both feet. . According to the nurse on duty, because the patient was burned by electric shock, “it is not yet possible to say that the period of danger has passed. Let's wait until the observation period has passed.” When the reporter asked about the injury, the worker’s eyes were moist, but he did not want to speak more. .

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