05:32 pm, Tuesday 16 March, 2010

A windmill installation gone wrong has left two people dead and two others injured at around 11.45am today in western Victoria.

Early reports indicate the workers were installing a windmill on a farm near Rainbow north-west of Horsham, when it struck overhead power lines.

Two of the workers were electrocuted while two suffered serious burns.

A team of WorkSafe inspectors is on its way to the site investigate the incident.

WorkSafe Acting Director for Health and Safety Stan Krpan said the incident is a tragic reminder that workers need to be aware of their task at hand.

“Today’s incident takes the number of work-related deaths this month to four – with three in the past week, and 11 for the year. The latest fatality was last Thursday when a man died from a carbon dioxide leak in a Birregurra hotel’s cellar,” Mr Krpan said.

Today marks the first time since 2002 to claim the lives of two workers in the same incident.

On November 2002, a woman and her grandson died in an accident involving a quad-bike.

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