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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-953/
- Published: 2024-04-19T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-18T21:37:10.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

> When Jahden Nelson went to work on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, he had no idea the day would end with him [fighting for his life ](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300576160/west-auckland-scaffolder-fighting-for-his-life-after-highvoltage-electric-shock?ref=goodoil.news)in hospital.  
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> It’s been two years since the former scaffolder suffered a [severe high-voltage](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300576160/west-auckland-scaffolder-fighting-for-his-life-after-highvoltage-electric-shock?ref=goodoil.news) electric shock after a steel pole he was holding touched low-hanging overhead power lines.  
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> Nelson, who was 28 at the time of the accident, received high-voltage burns over 20% of his body, including an exit wound of the electrical charge through his left foot.  
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> The father of three spent [nearly](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/129341673/west-auckland-man-on-long-road-to-recovery-after-highvoltage-electric-shock?ref=goodoil.news) [two years in hospital](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/129341673/west-auckland-man-on-long-road-to-recovery-after-highvoltage-electric-shock?ref=goodoil.news), during which time he was unable to move his lower body, required more than 40 surgeries, endured kidney failure and multiple skin grafts, and had both his arms amputated.  
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