JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two JEA workers were hurt and taken to the hospital for evaluation, the utility said Tuesday afternoon.
It happened just before noon. They were working on an electrical cabinet at the University of North Florida’s campus.
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A JEA official said the workers were shocked while working on the machine.
A source tells us they received flash burns.
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The incident caused a power outage on the UNF campus and the Action News Jax studios.
CBS47 and FOX30 were knocked off the air for more than an hour due to the outage, including our noon newscast.
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