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National Grid worked injured by electrical flash

BY ANDREW STRICKLER | andrew.strickler@newsday.com

9:19 PM EDT, May 9, 2008

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A National Grid maintenance worker was seared by a flash of electricity early Friday at a North Shore power plant, company officials said.

The worker was using a meter to test a breaker at the company's massive Northport facility when an "electric flash" struck him, burning his forehead and the side of his face, said Diana Parisi, spokeswoman for National Grid, formerly KeySpan.

He was airlifted to Stony Brook University Medical Center after the 9:05 a.m. incident. He was conscious when he left the plant, but the extent of his injuries was not immediately known.

The worker was expected to remain hospitalized at least until Saturday for further observation, Parisi said.

"He's walking around," she said.

The 58-year-old man has been employed at National Grid for 18 years.

Another employee who was standing nearby when the flash occurred was also shaken up and taken to Huntington Hospital for evaluation. He was released a few hours later, Parisi said.

Service at the power plant was not disrupted. Company officials said they would conduct an investigation to determine the cause of the incident.

They declined to identify the employees involved.

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