BOOM HITS POWER LINE, KILLING 2.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Two well drillers were killed Monday when a boom on their truck touched a 12,000-volt power line near a home in a rural area west of Acton. The men, whose names were not released pending notification of family, were working on a well and were standing by the rear of their truck when the boom touched the overhead power line on the 33700 block of Hubbard Street Hubbard Street is a road in Chicago, Illinois named for early settler Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard. Where Hubbard Street passes over the Kennedy Expressway, the Expressway enters a tunnel made up of surface streets known as colloquially as "Hubbard's Cave. . Both were pronounced dead at the scene, firefighters said. ``Our preliminary information is they were setting up a drilling rig and that it hit power lines and they were killed as a result,'' Cal-OSHA spokesman Rick Rice said. The victims were only identified as a 48-year-old Lancaster man and a 27-year-old Agua Dulce Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations: In Mexico:
The incident will be investigated by the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) enforces the U.S. state of California's occupational and public safety laws and provides information and consultative assistance to employers, workers, and the public regarding workplace safety and health , officials said. Firefighters discovered the bodies when they responded to a 10:04 a.m. report of a grass fire, which had been sparked by the power line. The small grass fire was quickly extinguished ex·tin·guish tr.v. ex·tin·guished, ex·tin·guish·ing, ex·tin·guish·es 1. To put out (a fire, for example); quench. 2. To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy. See Synonyms at abolish. 3. . A Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. crew grounded the power lines to allow investigators to examine the scene. The incident cut power to 92 customers, officials said. Phone calls to the Agua Dulce company employing the men were not returned Monday. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--color) Officials inspect the Hubbard Street s ite west of Acton where two well diggers Diggers, members of a small English religio-economic movement (fl. 1649–50), so called because they attempted to dig (i.e., cultivate) the wastelands. They were an offshoot of the more important group of Puritan extremists known as the Levelers. were killed when the crane on their truck struck a 12,000-volt power line. (2--ran in AV edition only--color) Two men were electrocuted when this crane struck a 12,000-volt power line. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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