A fatal industrial accident at SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc in Wayne County left two men dead and one man hospitalized. Jared Brumbaugh reports.
51 year old Dennis Martin of Goldsboro, and 33 year old Daniel Craig Anderson of Dudley were pronounced dead at the scene. 40 year old William Saviak of Dudley is currently in the ICU at Wayne Memorial Hospital. No update on his condition was available Tuesday afternoon. Major Tom Effler with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office says emergency responders were called to the scene Monday evening around 6 pm.
“The report was that some employees entered a transformer and became non-responsive. There was about three who entered, they were all behind each other. We believe two employees were trying to help the first employee. But they all became unresponsive.”
The cause of death is not known at this time, but Major Effler says oxygen deprivation could be to blame. The incident is being investigated by OSHA and the North Carolina Industrial Commission.
