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Aug 18, 2008 11:41 am US/Pacific

Worker Suffers Electrical Shock In Mar Vista

LOS ANGELES (CBS) ― A worker suffered an electrical shock today when he touched a high-voltage line at a construction site in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles, authorities said.

Paramedics sent to the 5000 block of South Slauson Avenue about 10:35
a.m. took the 27-year-old man to a hospital, said d'Lisa Davies of the Los
Angeles Fire Department.
 
He was "conscious and alert," she added.

The man, whose name was not released, was working on a scaffold when he was injured, Davies said.

The circumstances of the accident were under investigation.

(© 2010 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Wire services contributed to this report.)

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