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Article: NSW: Thousands without power after man receives electric shock
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- June 23, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
06-23-2009
NSW: Thousands without power after man receives electric shock
SYDNEY, June 23 AAP - An Energy Australia worker is in a critical condition after he
was flung four metres by an electric shock while performing routine maintenance on a 33,000
(33,000) volt line.
The accident cut power to 33,000 (33,000) homes and businesses for up to two-and-a-half hours.
The 34-year-old electrical technician suffered the high-voltage electric shock at a
power station at Tomago, north of Newcastle in NSW, just before 9am (AEST) on Tuesday.
He was taken to John Hunter Hospital conscious but in serious condition, with 40 per
cent burns to his head, face, neck and ...