CenterPoint Energy Entex

An employee was walking across a store room looking for a part when they slipped on water and fell, resulting in a muscle sprain in their upper-right leg with a venous bleed.

An employee was exiting his truck to replace a sign when the truck rolled forward and struck another employee in the right leg and ankle. They sustained a fractured ankle and fibula and were hospitalized.

An employee was working outside troubleshooting a gas leak and digging. The employee started to feel ill and was hospitalized with heat exhaustion.

An employee was helping to set a pole when they began feeling unwell and experiencing cramps due to heat stress.

Employees were repairing a utility pole that had been hit by a vehicle. The pole rolled off of a stand and struck one of the employees, fracturing his pelvis.

On October 27, 2023, the injured employee was moving material from the aisles to the staging area when another forklift entered the aisle. The injured employee jumped from his forklift, injuring his lower leg on a pallet being transported on the other forklift.

An employee was standing on the lift gate of the delivery truck directing the driver to back up. He fell off of the lift and was caught between the truck and a moving vehicle. The employee sustained rib and spleen injuries.

An employee was turning the corner while riding a PIV electric pallet lift. The brakes failed, so the employee quickly fell from the PIV. When he fell, his left foot was run over by a different PIV lift going in the opposite direction. The employee's foot was smashed; he was hospitalized and had surgery.

An employee was operating an aerial work platform. While the employee was maneuvering the lift through a set of double doors, their head was caught between the door frame and the platform's vertical mast. The employee suffered a skull fracture that required surgery.

An employee was transporting used filter media (containing pyrophoric iron sulfide) from an inlet gas separator in the bed of a truck. The material ignited. While the employee was removing items from the truck bed, a gas can was exposed to the fire and off-gassing vapors ignited. The employee suffered first- and second-degree burns to both arms, the chest, the neck, and the right ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using a pipe threading machine to thread a 2-inch diameter gas pipe during the rebuilding of a gas meter. The pipe was in a vise mounted on the back of the crew truck. A few pieces of metal chips or shavings caused the threading machine to jam. The employee started to back the pipe up, but it jammed in that direction as well. While reaching to pull the handle back up into place to try and start again, the machine rotated about an inch and pinched his middle fingertip against the edge of the truck s back step. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated without loss of bone.

The injured employee was manually lowering a ramp on a heavy equipment trailer with the assistance of another employee. The injured employee was standing behind the trailer ramp. After removing the safety pins, the ramp descended quickly and struck the injured employee, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their sternum and L1 vertebra.

An employee was lighting a tankless water heater when an explosion occurred and the employee was burned.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.