2 Injured In Accident At Plant Bowen In Bartow County

CARTERSVILLE, GA — Two contractors working at Georgia Power's Plant Bowen in Bartow County were injured in an accident late Wednesday. Georgia Power spokesperson Jacob Hawkins confirmed the two contractors, employed by Fluor, were injured working at the plant at 317 Covered Bridge Road SW in Euharlee.

Both men were transported to local hospitals for treatment, he added. No updates on their conditions have been provided.

"At Georgia Power, safety is our top priority for anyone working at one of our facilities," Hawkins continued. "Of course, our thoughts and prayers are with the injured workers and their families."

Brian Mershon, a spokesperson at Fluor, said the employees were injured while working between units 1 and two at the plant. Fluor is "fully cooperating" with local authorities to determine the cause of the incident, he added.

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"Out of respect for the privacy of the employees, we will not be releasing their names at this time," Mershon said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the two employees and their families."

Fluor touts itself as a "global engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction and maintenance company that designs, builds and maintains capital-efficient facilities" for clients on six continents, its website notes.

According to Georgia Power's website, Plant Bowen has four units of the coal-fired power plant that have the ability of producing 3,376 megawatts of electricity, and can supply enough energy to power over 1.9 million homes annually.

The plant, which has about 400 employees, is also home to the Water Research Center, the nation's first research facility dedicated to "finding new ways to reduce, conserve and improve the quality of water used by power plants to generate electricity," the company adds.

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