Two men electrocuted after a crane hits a power line in the oil field where they were working southwest of Houston, Texas

An accident that left two men dead is being investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Maverick Drilling, the company the men worked for. The two oil field workers were electrocuted Monday when they were struck by a fallen electrical line in far southwest Houston, authorities said. A crane apparently hit the line about 2:30 p.m. in a field along the 16800 block of Blue Ridge near FM 2234, near Fort Bend County. Paramedics gave the men CPR as an ambulance rushed them to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, officials said, where they died. A representative with Maverick Drilling's Houston office confirmed on Tuesday that the two men were the company's employees. A Houston Police Department spokesman said the investigation is now in the hands of OSHA's regional office. The Maverick representative declined to comment until they have all the facts. A OSHA official said late Tuesday that the incident was currently under investigation and that more information would be made public later in the week.