WORKPLACE ACCIDENT

Incident #: WA14134547
Publish Date: Jun 17, 2014
Incident Date: Jun 16, 2014
Location: FOUNTAIN ST N, CAMBRIDGE, ON Canada
On June 16, 2014 at 1:45 p.m. Waterloo Regional Police and the Ministry of Labour responded to a work place accident at a construction site located Fountain Street and Highway 401 in the City of Cambridge. Two employees were transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after the boom truck they were operating came in contact with a live overhead power line. One employee sustained electrical shock injuries that required treatment at the hospital. The other employee was taken to hospital as a precaution. The scene was held by police until an inspector from the Ministry of Labour responded. Police have concluded their investigation. Any further investigation will be conducted by the Ministry of Labour

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