2 Construction Workers Killed in Separate Accidents at Work
A construction worker was electrocuted in Rowland Heights and another was buried alive in Hacienda Heights in two separate on-the-job accidents, authorities said Friday.
A 26-year-old man, whose name was withheld pending notification of relatives, was installing temporary wiring at a home construction site at 20841 Boulder St. at 9:50 a.m. when he was accidentally electrocuted, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Gary Spallino said.
Attempts to revive him at Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina failed, Spallino said.
In Hacienda Heights, an unidentified construction worker was buried at about 8 a.m. during a drainage pipe excavation project at Daytona and Las Lomitas drives, Sheriff’s Deputy Dave Logan said.
He was airlifted to Whittier Presbyterian Hospital, where he died during emergency surgery, Logan said.
Both deaths were listed as accidental by the Sheriff’s Department.
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