Three employees of the electricity company got electrocuted while trying to repair the transformer.

Three workers of the electricity distribution company in Vezirköprü district of Samsun were injured by electric current.

ELECTROCUTED WHILE REPAIRING THE TRANSFORMER

The incident occurred in Karadoruk Neighborhood of the district. Allegedly, the arcs caused by the current during the work to fix the malfunction in the transformer in Karadoruk Neighborhood resulted in the injury of the workers. Citizens reported the situation to the 112 Emergency Call Center. After the initial interventions by the health teams who arrived at the scene upon the notification, the 3 injured workers, Kenan Kartal, Recep Bayrak, and Hüseyin Duran, were transferred to Vezirköprü State Hospital.

BURNS ON THEIR BODIES

The injured, who received medical treatment and had 2nd and 3rd degree burns, were transferred to Samsun Education and Research Hospital.