BREAKING LADWP worker in intensive care after suffering injury while restoring power in San Fernando Valley.
"This accident and serious injury of our employee is a reminder that our line crews and other field personnel are truly unsung heroes who work in hazardous conditions risking their lives to keep the power flowing across our city," LADWP General Manager Martin Adams said Sunday. "The safety of our employees and customers is our highest priority, and we are praying that he makes a full recovery.
The remaining outages were spread across LADWP's service area with some of the hardest hit communities being Glassell Park, Green Meadows, Hancock Park, Hollywood, Studio City, Chatsworth, Mission Hills, North Hollywood, Sun Valley, Tarzana, Van Nuys and Woodland Hills. Many of the incidents crews were working to repair involve high winds and heavy rains toppling trees and taking down power poles and power lines, officials said. These require tree clearing and removal, which takes time and slows outage restoration work. Crews are prioritizing restoration work involving broken or downed power poles and power lines as those incidents pose a public hazard.
"We want our customers who are without power to know that we are working as hard and safely as we can to get your power restored and we appreciate your patience," said Brian Wilbur, the utility's senior assistant general manager. "High winds and heavy rain like we experienced can cause significant damage, but our crews continue to make steady and strong progress and will work around the clock until everyone is back on.
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