Ecmweb 8352 Boathouse
Ecmweb 8352 Boathouse
Ecmweb 8352 Boathouse
Ecmweb 8352 Boathouse
Ecmweb 8352 Boathouse

Man Drowns After Shock While Working on Boathouse

Aug. 8, 2016
An engineer found the electrical wiring in the new structure was installed incorrectly.

A 24-year-old man working on an addition to a boathouse in Pennsylvania drowned after receiving an electrical shock last month. He was found unresponsive in the water by the homeowner.

An engineer with Barry Isett & Associates, Harvey Lake Borough’s third-party building code service, found the electrical wiring in the new structure was installed incorrectly, which caused the electrical shock Watkins received from a boat lift according to a report from The Times Leader.

The police chief said that a stop-work order was now in place for this property. Violations were found at the site, he said.

OSHA is investigating.

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