Fatalities Remind Importance of Overhead Power Line Safety

摘要

Two employees of a drilling crew collecting soil samples near Colorado Springs, Colorado, died recently when their rig struck overhead power lines, fatally electrocuting them. The rig's derrick hit a 12,500-volt power line--killing the subcontractors, both of whom were in their 20's. A third coworker who was far away from the rig at the time was uninjured.