Utility Worker in California Electrocuted in Underground Vault

A Los Angeles utility worker was electrocuted while working in an electrical vault, authorities said.

The accident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday on Terminal Island in Los Angeles harbor.

“While working as part of a cable splicing crew performing electrical service work, our employee contacted an energized circuit in an underground vault,” the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said in a statement.

Co-workers removed the man from the vault and performed CPR until paramedics arrived and took him to a hospital, but he did not survive. The worker’s name was not immediately released.

“LADWP is working with the appropriate agencies to investigate this incident and has also offered counseling and support services to the employees affected by this tragedy,” the department said.