By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The man who was shocked unconscious by an overhead power line while working on a well at a Rochester fish farm last week is back home in Lewis County and recovering.
The state has opened an investigation of the incident with his employer, a Napavine company.
Jeff Duren sustained burns and stopped breathing after the boom on the piece of equipment being used came into contact with a power line on Wednesday according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. Bystanders did CPR and he was taken to the hospital.
His was released from Harborview Medical Center on Thursday afternoon, according to his wife Susie Duren.
“He’s doing okay,” she said yesterday.
Responding firefighters were surprised their patient survived the jolt from the commercial line.
Jeff Duren was working for Skyline Pump and Machine of Napavine, according to the state Department of Labor and Industries.
There was also a general contractor at the site, according to department spokesperson Elaine Fischer
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