Water Utility Worker Dies Using Jackhammer

A few weeks ago I published a picture of a local water utility worker using a jackhammer to dig a ditch.  

https://philippinefails.blogspot.com/2020/01/digging-ditch-with-jackhammer.html

I noted how foolish it was to be digging with a jackhammer especially because the man was not wearing any boots but only flip-flops.  I did not highlight any of the other dangers that could result from using a jackhammer to dig. Dangers such as death.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1236992/worker-dies-after-his-jackhammer-hits-live-wire-during-dig-for-water-utility

Lt. Col. Aldwin Gamboa, city police chief, said in a report that Mark Renier Cardel, 26, was operating a jack hammer to bore into a concrete pavement when he accidentally hit a live electric wire inside a PVC pipe at the village of San Roque around 4 p.m. 

Cordel was with four other workers of the Legazpi City Water District during the accident.

The absolute idiocy of this situation is astounding. First of all why didn't the local water company have a map locating buried wires? Maybe this wire was buried without the city's knowledge. Second of all why was an electrical wire buried inside a PVC pipe instead of a metal conduit?

As always there are no answers to be found here. Only stupidity to leave you in awe.