Three Workers Electrocuted While Assembling Scaffolding

A livewire shocked three workers in Beverly, Massachusetts on Jan. 14, when the livewire touched a piece of scaffolding the workers were lifting, CBSN Boston reported. The workers were raising the scaffolding at a home under construction around 10:30 a.m. when the electrocution occurred. The shock caused all three men to drop the piece of scaffolding. When the neighbors heard two big thumps, they came outside to see two of the three workers lying on the ground.

The neighbors said that one worker had a faint pulse by the time emergency personnel arrived. The workers, all residents of neighboring New Hampshire, were taken to Beverly Hospital, with one in critical condition.

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