Men burnt after striking cable
Two men were taken to hospital after they were burnt when a probe they were using struck an underground high-voltage power cable in Dunedin yesterday.The men were using a penetrometer to test soil density in Great King St, in front of the Willowbank Quarter, when it struck a 6600-volt cable buried about 60cm below ground at 10.12am.
The pair were working for Wellington geotechnical drilling company Griffiths Drilling.
Delta's general manager of asset management, Adam Fletcher, said the sharp point of the penetrometer pierced the high-voltage cable, causing an earthing of the cable and an electric arc flash.
Another man who was working in the area at the time said he and his colleagues went outside after they heard a "heck of a bang" to find "quite a bit" of smoke in the area.
He said one man had burns on his legs and up his front and his hair was singed.
A St John spokeswoman said the more seriously injured of the men received burns to about 10% of his body, mainly on his arms and legs.
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The Weather Bureau tips temperatures in the low teens for much of the match and the prospect of hail.
Collingwood is chasing consecutive flags, something it has not achieved since 1935-36.
The Cats, though, enter the game as favourites after cruising through their finals and belting Collingwood by 96 points in the last home-and-away round.
After a record $500,000 plunge on the Pies on Friday, sportsbet.com.au has the Cats at $1.85 and the Pies $2. Spokesman Haydn Lane said the huge bet from a Melbourne punter was the biggest the firm had fielded on a grand final, but it went against the week's trend.
Cats star Steve Johnson said on Friday he was confident of making a stunning recovery after being carried off on a stretcher with a knee injury last Saturday.
"Today I felt 100 per cent and I wouldn't put myself out there if I didn't think I could contribute to the team, or there was any risk," he said.
