Billboard Worker Dies in High-Voltage Accident

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter

A Concord man died Thanksgiving Day of injuries received when a boom truck in which he was working was blown into a high-voltage power line.Lawrence Harding Cornelius, 35, died in the burn unit at Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley. Details about the incident were sketchy at press time, but Cal-OSHA confirms that its Concord office reported to the scene and has begun an investigation.According to a newspaper account, Cornelius was putting up a billboard on Interstate 680 near Mar

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