Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14476303 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - LIGHTNING STRUCK BUILDING

Accident Summary Nr: 14476303 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 03/29/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2486512	04/02/1985	3144	0	U.S. Shoe Corporation

Abstract: DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM, LIGHTNING STUCK A STEEL AND MASONRY BUILDING AND A 90-FOOT (UNUSED) SMOKESTACK ADJACENT TO IT. THE BUILDING APPEARED TO HAVE BLUE, WHITE, AND ORANGE LIGHTS STREAKING THROUGH IT (ALONG WITH OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE AREA). TWENTY THREE EMPLOYEES IN THE BUILDING WERE TREATED BY LOCAL HOSPITALS FOR ELECTRIC SHOCK SYMPTOMS.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, BUILDING, E GI VII, LIGHTNING, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
3	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
4	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
5	2486512	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
6	2486512	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
7	2486512	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
8	2486512	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
9	2486512	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
10	2486512	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
11	2486512	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
12	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
13	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
14	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
15	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
16	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
17	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
18	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
19	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
20	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
21	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
22	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
23	2486512	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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