Electrican Shocked at South Windsor Indoor Adventure Center Has Died
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Police are responding in South Windsor after receiving reports of a person wrapped in wires.
Updated at 2:27 PM EDT on Tuesday, Sep 1, 2015
An electrician is dead after falling and grasping onto high-voltage wires at an indoor adventure center in South Windsor on Tuesday afternoon.
Police responded to Nomads Adventure Quest at 100 Bidwell Road, in South Windsor after receiving reports of a person “wrapped in wires” and found that the licensed electrician from Northern Lights Electric in Bolton had been injured.
The man, who is in his 40s, was believed to be working on a platform, removing light fixtures, in the laser tag section when he fell.
Employees thought the power was off to the fixtures and emergency responders called Eversource to make sure power was out to the building during the emergency response, police said.
South Windsor Police, South Windsor Fire and Ambulance Service of Manchester paramedics began CPR and the victim was transported to Manchester Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police have not released the man's name.
Crews from the Occupational Safety Health Administration have been called to assist with the investigation.
Published at 12:01 PM EDT on Sep 1, 2015
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by Marcus Harun
Posted 1:41 PM, September 1, 2015
SOUTH WINDSOR, CT —
An electrician working in the laser tag area at Nomads Adventure Quest in South Windsor was removing light fixtures Tuesday when he sustained an electric shock on high voltage wires, South Windsor police said.
Police have not released the name of the victim, who died at the hospital. The man in his 40s worked as a licensed electrician for Northern Nights Electric in Bolton, CT.
He fell off a platform after being shocked. Eversource shut down the power for the building and rescuers brought him to Manchester Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Police said by 2 p.m. Tuesday, the victim has died.
Officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating this “serious workplace accident,” police said.