Fallen Worker Memorial Honors LADWP Employees Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
Earlier this month, LADWP held a Fallen Worker Memorial Event to honor the employees we have lost while delivering water and electricity to the City of Los Angeles. More than 220 names are included on a memorial in front of LADWP headquarters. Mayor Eric Garcetti; Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell; General Manager, Martin Adams, family members of the fallen, employees, and retirees were all in attendance.
The majority of incidents occurred during the first 30 years of the Department’s history. And of those, 24 deaths occurred during the St. Francis Dam collapse on March 13, 1928.
The fallen employees worked for various divisions of the Department. The majority worked in the Power System in Power Distribution, Electric Trouble, Power Operations, Power Design and Construction, and Electrical Station Maintenance.
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