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Worker is critical, after he was electrocuted while making air-conditioning units repairs on the roof of the Best Buy at the Arundel Mills Malls in MD





Worker injured by electric shock in Hanover
Man, 43, making repairs on roof of Best Buy at Arundel Mills Mall
Published 2:47 PM EDT Jul 15, 2016


HANOVER, Md. —A worker who was on the roof of a store at the Arundel Mills Malls was critically injured when he received an electric shock, officials said.



Anne Arundel County fire officials said a worker making air-conditioning units repairs on the roof of the Best Buy received an electric shock.

Paramedics and firefighters were called around 1:20 p.m. to the 7000 block of Arundel Mills Circle, in Hanover.

Officials said the 40-year-old worker was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center with critical and potentially life-threatening injuries.

Maryland Occupational Safety and Health is involved in the investigation.