4 hurt in landslide inside Eastern Samar town hydroelectric plant | Inquirer News

4 hurt in landslide inside Eastern Samar town hydroelectric plant

/ 05:41 PM February 17, 2023

Four backhoe operators were hurt in a landslide inside a hydroelectric plant compound in Taft town, Eastern Samar.

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TACLOBAN CITY — Four backhoe operators were hurt in a landslide inside a hydroelectric plant compound in Taft town, Eastern Samar on Thursday, February 16.

Injured were Victor Loriaga, Antonio Culandag, Hadjie Irasga, and Criswin Viñas.

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Senior Master Sergeant Reynaldo Barcial, officer-on-case of the Taft police station, said the four men were working at about 11:30 a.m. inside the compound of the company in Barangay San Rafael when the landslide occurred.

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“The four workers were working at that time when the landslide coming from a mountain occurred, hitting them with one buried but was pulled out by his co-workers,” the police officer said in a phone interview.

At the time of the incident, there was a heavy downpour which may have caused the landslide, Barcial also said.

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All four men were immediately transported to the hospital for medical treatment.

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San Rafael, where the facility is located, is about 31 kms away from the town proper and six kms away from the national highway.

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The Inquirer contacted the company through its social media account but has yet to get a response as of Friday afternoon.

The Taft Hydro Energy is a 16-megawatt hydroelectric power plant whose source of power is from the Taft-Tubig River.

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It started its operations in November 2021 and sells its energy to Luzon.

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