CPS Energy Lineman Dies After Training Fall

October 24, 2013

A veteran lineman for a South Texas utility has died after falling from a 45-foot pole during a safety training exercise earlier this month.

Officials with CPS Energy in San Antonio say 54-year-old Hector Castro Jr. died Tuesday. A statement from the city-owned utility says company authorities continue to investigate the cause of the Oct. 1 accident.

CPS Energy spokeswoman Lisa Lewis says Castro, who’d been with the company 31 years, was practicing how to rescue other linemen when he fell.

Training was suspended following the accident.

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