Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC

A chain sling failed while a utility pole was being removed. A chain link struck an employee who was operating a front-end loader, puncturing the employee's chest.

An employee was walking along an area of ground to survey the location for the replacement of cable and equipment. They tripped on an area of loose soil near the pad mounted electrical distribution cabinet and contacted it. The cabinet was open and exposing interior switches. The employee received burns to both hands and wrists. The employee also went into cardiopulmonary arrest.

An employee was skinning 1/0 wire when the knife tip became caught on his gloves and lacerated his left middle finger, severing his flexor tendon.

An employee was servicing an electric meter at a customer location. The employee tapped the lock band on the electric meter with a tool to loosen it up when an arc flash occurred, resulting in burns to their face and right hand.

On July 10, 2023, an employee had been working as a line mechanic at multiple locations and started to feel disoriented. The employee was hospitalized with heat stroke.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee turned a corner while walking, tripped over the corner of a pallet on the floor, fell onto her arm, and broke it. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was moving a transformer from inside a shop. He was rolling it down a ramp when it tipped over onto his right foot and big toe, resulting in crush injuries and a laceration.

Employees were moving an electrical cabinet by using two wheeled equipment skates. One of the wheels of the skates became caught in a crack in the floor, causing the equipment to tip over and land on an employee's right foot. The employee's foot was fractured.

An employee was using an industrial magnet to lift and maneuver a weldment. While the frame was being set down on the welding table, the magnet disengaged prematurely; the frame fell and crushed the employee's left ring and middle fingers. The employee underwent medical amputations to the middle finger (at the first knuckle) and the ring finger (just past the second knuckle).

An employee was working on an order when they were struck by a forklift. This caused the employee to bump into a machine. The employee suffered a laceration to the right thigh, requiring hospitalization.

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.