Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14526263 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - LIGHTNING

Accident Summary Nr: 14526263 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/10/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17426198	07/15/1985	8748	0	Meridian Surveying & Mapping Inc.

Abstract: AS A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHED, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE MEASURING AND SETTING STAKES FOR A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SITE. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE REEL END OF A 200-FOOT STEEL MEASURING TAPE; AND THE OTHER, WHO WAS ABOUT 60 FEET AWAY, WAS HOLDING THE OTHER END OF THE TAPE. A BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRUCK, ELECTROCUTING THE SECOND EMPLOYEE AND INJURING THE FIRST.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LIGHTNING, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17426198			Fatality	Electric Shock	Surveying and mapping technicians
2	17426198			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Surveying and mapping technicians

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