A Unison Network employee taken to hospital in a critical condition after electrocution at the lines company's Hastings depot yesterday was last night reported to be in a serious but stable condition.
The man, aged in the 40s, was understood to have been shocked about 1pm, and ambulances were quickly on the scene off Omahu Rd, a few hundred metres from Hawke's Bay Hospital.
Unison relationships manager Danny Gough confirmed a staff member had been taken to hospital after suffering what appeared to be an electric shock.
"It's been pretty traumatic for the Unison family here to have something like this happen. Our thoughts now are clearly with our colleague and his family and obviously, the wider Unison family," he said.
"It's been a traumatic experience not only for our beloved colleague but also the wider Unison family."
