CONSTRUCTION WORKER DIES AFTER BEING ELECTROCUTED AT CON EDISON SITE
An investigation is ongoing after forty-four year-old John Rodriguez, a contract worker, died last month after being electrocuted while installing electrical cables at a Consolidated Edison power station in Queens. Rodriquez suffered a heart attack after the New York Construction Accident when he touched a highly charged cable, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, where he was pronounced dead. Mr. Rodriquez came into contact with a live wire while attempting to disconnect a ground wire from what turned out to be a live wire. Essentially, Mr. Rodriquez became the electrical conduit when he touched the live wire.
Bob McGee, a Con Edison spokesman, declined to make a comment regarding what precautions might have been taken to avoid Rodriquez’s death. Apparently, however, Con Edison has been under some scrutiny for safety and maintenance problems because of previous deaths.
In 2004, a Columbia University graduate was electrocuted while walking her dog, when she stepped onto a metal plate in the East Village. Last July 18th, one woman died from a heart attack and two people suffered severe burns when a Con Edison steam pipe exploded in Midtown Manhattan-creating chaos during evening rush hour. Then, last November a Con Edison gas main caused an explosion killing a 69 year-old woman in Sunnyside, Queens.
Rodriquez worked for CKR Construction and had been a part of the Queens work project to dig and install new cable at Con Edison for approximately 6 weeks before his death.
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