Man hospitalized with 'critical burns' after electrical shock in Field Elder County

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ELWOOD, Field Elder County — A 21-year-old man was flown from Field Elder County to a Salt Lake burn middle Monday with “critical burns” after being shocked whereas engaged on fiber optic cables on phone poles.

At 1:12 p.m., emergency medical personnel responded to a name a couple of man who had obtained an electrical shock whereas working at 8515 N. 4600 West in Elwood, Field Elder County Chief Deputy Sheriff Cade Palmer stated.

“The cable he was holding obtained charged; both the facility line arced to it, or it touched the facility line and entered by way of his palms,” Palmer stated. The injured man suffered third-degree burns on his fingers and a burn on his proper hip the place the facility exited, he stated.

The person had been working in a bucket on a growth elevate in a residential space; different crew members of the communications firm on the bottom referred to as for help.

The person was flown to the College of Utah Burn Middle with “fairly critical burns,” although “he was in good spirits on the hospital, speaking and joking round somewhat bit,” Palmer stated.