CenterPoint Energy

Employee dies after being electrocuted by energized cable

At 2:10 p.m. on June 21, 2022, an employee was inside the basket of a bucket truck with a coworker as they prepared to lift a communication cable. After contacting an energized cable, the employee yelled and collapsed. CPR was initiated on site and the employee was transported to the hospital. Three minutes after arriving at the hospital, the employee was pronounced dead from electrocution.

Employee is electrocuted by contact with transformer and is

At 9:30 p.m. on July 24, 2016, an employee was preparing to connect a residential drop cable to a transformer. At some point, the employee made contact with the secondary bushings resulting in an electric shock. A journeyman located in an adjacent yard observed the employee slumped over the transformer and went over the fence to remove the employee from the 240 volt transformer. The employee was transported to the hospital where he later died. died.