The Health and Safety Executive is due to visit an East Devon holiday park this month after a worker was rushed to hospital with electrocution burns after power cables were dug through at the site. As previously reported by the Echo, the incident occurred at about 11.30am on Monday, July 21, at Stoneleigh Holiday Park at Weston, near Sidmouth. The man, who is understood to have been part of a team carrying out building work at the site at the time, was taken to the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital in an ambulance. A spokesman for the ambulance service said the man received electrocution burns to his face and hair. A spokesperson for Western Power confirmed that officials attended the scene following the incident to make the area safe, repair the damaged cables, and carry out an internal health and safety investigation. A spokesperson for the Health and Safety Executive confirmed officials are now investigating the incident and will make a decision as to whether health and safety standards were breached.
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