High water = greater risk of electric shock drowning

From our media partners at WOOD TV:

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD) — With record high water levels comes a higher risk of electrocution — a danger prompting action from South Haven.

The city has a plan in place to reduce the risk of electric shock drownings.

Harbor master and assistant city manager Kate Hosier said crews are keeping a close eye on lake levels with water already at the bottom of the docks.

“We have protocols in place that when the water is over the dock that we immediately shut off the electricity,” she said.

According to Hosier, the city maintains 220 of the more than 1,200 slips in the area.

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