Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126500.015 - Employee is struck by lightning, falls from roof, and is kil

Accident Summary Nr: 126500.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 05/28/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1476693.015	05/29/2020		238160	Red Stag Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on May 28, 2020, an employee and two coworkers were on a roof packing up equipment to leave the job site due to severe weather. At some point, the employee was struck by lightning and fell from the roof. The employee received a severed spinal cord, multiple vertebrae fractures, skull fracture, brain hematoma, contusions to the lungs and hypoxic respiratory failure that killed him.

Keywords: Brain, Contusion, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Lightning, Lung, Respiratory, Roof, Roofer, Severed, Skull, Spine, Struck By, Vertebra, Weather

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1476693.015	35	M	Fatality	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:
2	1476693.015	46	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:
3	1476693.015	27	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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