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Electricity shocks construction worker
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Posted on Sep 27 2017
A 30-year-old construction worker was allegedly injured by electric shock at the casino project in Garapan Monday afternoon.
As this developed, a 25-year-old woman was revived after a near-drowning incident at a private swimming pool on Railroad Drive in Papago Monday afternoon.
Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services spokesman Derek Gersonde said they received a call from Department of Public Safety 911 dispatch at 3:19pm on Monday, reporting that a worker had been “electrocuted” at the construction site of the Imperial Pacific Resort.
DFEMS medics came upon a man who was showing signs of pain on his left arm and some burns on his hand, said Gersonde.
According to the on-scene translator, the worker, a Chinese national, had been using an electric saw when he suddenly received an electric shock.
Medics brought the worker to the Commonwealth Health Center.
DFEMS did not release information about the victim’s condition.
In the near-drowning case, Gersonde said that that DFEMS received a call from DPS 911 dispatch at 3:05pm on Monday about a possible drowning incident at a home in Papago.
Upon arriving at the house, medics came upon a 25-year-old woman who was being revived by a bystander via cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Medics found the woman with no pulse and not breathing. Emergency medical technicians then performed CPR on scene and on the way to CHC.
EMTs later left the hospital after the victim was found to have a pulse, Gersonde said.
