警方称，一名男子受雇在马萨诸塞州的一棵大树上挂圣诞灯，结果差点被电死。
根据韦尔斯利警察局的一份声明，事件发生在周三上午10点左右，当时韦尔斯利警方紧急通信中心接到一个911电话，报告一名男子可能在韦尔斯利的法尔茅斯圈触电身亡。
“受害者是一名居民雇佣的承包商，当时正在用一根杆子在一棵大树上安装节日灯，”当局说。“看来所使用的电线杆非常接近或接触到电线杆上的主电线。受害者似乎受到了危及生命的电击。”
警方说，遭受电击的男子立即失去了知觉，似乎是癫痫发作，并已停止呼吸。
韦尔斯利警方调度员随后向拨打紧急服务电话的人提供了心肺复苏术的指示，打电话的人管理着心肺复苏术，直到警察几分钟后到达现场。
“韦尔斯利警官蒂姆·戈沃、迈克·皮诺和斯科特·惠特莫尔是第一批到达现场的应急人员，他们发现受害者似乎心脏骤停，”警方说。“受害者的一名同事在韦尔斯利警方调度员的指导下进行胸部按压。韦尔斯利警官接管了心肺复苏术，并开始清理该地区，因为当时还不知道触电的真正原因。”
急救人员随后对受害者使用除颤器，同时继续提供心肺复苏术。警方说，这名男子受到多次电击，直到他苏醒并恢复脉搏。
“受害者被尼达姆消防运送到牛顿韦尔斯利医院，”据韦尔斯利警察局称。"受害者最初在牛顿韦尔斯利医院接受治疗，然后被转移到马萨诸塞州总医院。"
韦尔斯利警方侦探进行了调查，并确定该男子用来串节日灯的大杆非常接近或实际接触到电线杆顶部的主电线，当接触时他触电身亡。
“根据部门政策，联系了职业安全与健康管理局(OSHA)进行调查，”警方说。OSHA调查人员赶到现场，并与WMLP和韦尔斯利警方合作。在这起悲剧事件中，韦尔斯利警察局、消防局和WMLP部门向受害者及其家人致以我们的慰问和祈祷。”
该事件目前正在调查中，目前没有进一步的信息。
Man nearly electrocuted to death while hanging Christmas lights on tree
A man was nearly electrocuted to death after being hired to hang Christmas lights on a large tree in Massachusetts, police said.
The incident occurred on Wednesday at approximately 10 a.m. when the Wellesley Police Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a man had possibly been electrocuted on Falmouth Circle in Wellesley, according to a statement from the Wellesley Police Department.
“The victim, a contractor hired by a resident, was installing holiday lights on a large tree using a pole,” authorities said. “It appears that the pole being used came into close proximity, or contact with, a primary electrical line on a utility pole. The victim appears to have then received a life-threatening electrical shock.”
The man who suffered the electric shock immediately fell unconscious, appeared to be having a seizure and had stopped breathing, police said.
The Wellesley Police Dispatcher subsequently provided the person who called the emergency services CPR instructions and the caller administered CPR until officers arrived on scene a few moments later.
“Wellesley Police Officers Tim Gover, Mike Pino, and Scott Whittemore were the first emergency responders to arrive on scene and observed that the victim appeared to be in sudden cardiac arrest,” police said. “A co-worker of the victim was performing chest compressions as instructed by Wellesley Police Dispatchers. Wellesley Police Officers took over CPR and began to clear the area, as the actual cause of the electrocution was unknown at the time.”
Emergency responders then used a defibrillator on the victim while continuing to provide CPR. Multiple shocks were given to the man until he was revived and regained a pulse, police said.
“The victim was transported to Newton Wellesley Hospital by Needham Fire,” according to the Wellesley Police Department. “The victim was initially treated at Newton Wellesley Hospital, and then transferred to the Massachusetts General Hospital.”
Wellesley Police Detectives conducted an investigation and determined that the large pole the man was using to string the holiday lights came into close proximity, or actual contact with, a primary electrical line on the top of the utility pole and he was electrocuted when contact was made.
“The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was contacted per departmental policy to investigate,” police said. “OSHA investigators responded to the scene and are working with the WMLP and Wellesley Police. The Wellesley Police, Fire, and WMLP Departments extend our thoughts and prayers to the victim and his family during this tragic incident.”
The incident is currently under investigation and no further information is available at this time.
