Man electrocuted in Midland

MIDLAND COUNTY Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials investigated a drilling pad Thursday after an industrial accident there killed an oilfield worker in southern Midland County, county fire marshal Dale Little said.

The man, whose full name was not known Thursday, was electrocuted after a mast he was installing touched a 14,000-volt power line at about 10 a.m. Wednesday. Little said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Little said the man worked for Harris Rat Hole Service Co. and was installing a mast on a pad about 13 miles south of Midland, in a ranch along State Highway 349. Little said the mast was about 25 to 30 feet tall and the man and his crew were working directly under a power line that was about 20 feet high.

The other workers nearby were not injured.