SANDWICH – [DEVELOPING] – An Eversource worker was electrocuted this morning at their switch-yard on Tupper Road at about 8:30 a.m..

According to Sandwich Fire Chief John Burke, the man had an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 volts possibly pass through him. The first rescuers on scene found the man, estimated to be about 55-years-old, conscious and alert…

… but due to the seriousness of the situation, the man was immediately airlifted from the parking lot behind the Henry T. Wing School to Mass. General Hospital in Boston.

The following HN Video highlights the scene of the airlift and has a brief interview with Chief Burke. HN will provide additional updated details as they become available.

UPDATE FROM CHIEF BURKE OF THE SANDWICH FIRE DEPARTMENT: On October 8, 2019 at 0833 hrs the Sandwich Fire Department received a 911 call for an Eversource worker that was shocked at the Eversource switching yard located at 50 Tupper Road adjacent to the Canal Electric Plant. SFD Ambulance was on scene within 3 minutes and found a conscious and alert adult male Eversource employee who received close to 7500 volts of electricity through his body. A Med Flight helicopter was requested and it was on scene at the landing zone at the Wing School from Plymouth within 20 minutes.

The patient had entry and exit wounds from the electricity including burns to upper and lower extremities. The patient was medevac to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in Stable Condition remaining conscious and alert. The incident is currently under investigation by State and local authorities and Eversource representatives.

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