Cambridge employee suffers minor electrical shock

Posted Jun 17, 2014 02:11:49 PM.

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Two employees at a Cambridge construction site were sent to hospital yesterday after the boom truck they were operating came in contact with a live overhead power line.The construction site is located on Fountain Street and the 401.

Regional Police say the two faced non-life threatening injuries.

One suffered minor electrical shock.

Police have wrapped up their investigation. The Ministry of Labour is still investigating.

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