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Man nearly electrocuted to death while hanging Christmas lights

  • Nov 28, 2024

Woman files lawsuit after husband dies from electrocution in hot tub

  • Jun 21, 2024

2 American tourists electrocuted in Mexican resort hot tub, 1 killed

  • Jun 13, 2024

60-year-old man dead after possible electrocution in NJ

  • Aug 5, 2020

5-year-old boy learning to walk again after power tool accident

  • Jun 22, 2020

Worker electrocuted while on cherry picker outside NY building

  • Feb 13, 2020

20-year-old electrocuted after crashing into utility pole

  • Feb 11, 2020

'Outlet challenge' could cause serious injury, fire official warns

  • Jan 22, 2020

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2 people pulled from water unconscious after getting shocked

  • Jul 10, 2023
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Dog electrocuted while walking over metal plate in Brooklyn

  • Feb 1, 2022
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60-year-old man dead after possible electrocution in NJ

  • Aug 5, 2020
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NJ man dead after possible electrocution, police say

  • Aug 5, 2020
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Worker electrocuted while on cherry picker outside Westchester building

  • Feb 12, 2020
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1 dead, 2 hurt in NJ construction site electrocution

  • Oct 11, 2019
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1 dead, 2 hurt in NJ construction site electrocution

  • Oct 11, 2019
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2 contractors electrocuted while working on New York power lines identified

  • Aug 21, 2019

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1 dead, 2 hurt in New Jersey construction site electrocution

Police say workers were erecting a scaffolding when the wind took down a pole, and two of the workers tried to grab it just as it struck a high tension wire.

  • Oct 11, 2019

2 contractors electrocuted while working on New York power lines identified

Authorities say 51-year-old Derrick Paris, of West Caldwell, New Jersey, and 28-year-old Justin McLoughlin, of Trenton, Georgia, were working as private contractors for Orange and Rockland Utilities.

  • Aug 21, 2019

2 contractors electrocuted while working on New York power lines

Officials say the victim were private contractors doing work for Orange and Rockland Utilities on the lines that cross the mountain.

  • Aug 19, 2019
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2 teenage boys electrocuted while rescuing dog from canal in Northern California

Authorities in Solano County say two teenage boys were electrocuted while trying to rescue a dog from an irrigation canal at an orchard.

  • Apr 3, 2019

Woman, child dead after AC unit malfunctions at North Carolina motel

Officials are investigating after a woman and child died at a North Carolina motel following an air conditioning unit malfunction that emitted smoke in their room.

  • Aug 22, 2018