Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170758064 - One employee killed, three injured when struck by lightning

Accident Summary Nr: 170758064 -- Report ID: 0454716 -- Event Date: 08/28/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127350403	08/29/1997	1611	0	Summers-Taylor Inc

Abstract: Employees #1 through #4, all construction workers, were struck by lightning. Employee #1 was killed; Employees #2 through #4 sustained injuries, for which Employees #2 and #3 were hospitalized.

Keywords: STORM, CONSTRUCTION, LIGHTNING, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127350403	Fatality	Electric Shock	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Other
2	127350403	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Other
3	127350403	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Other
4	127350403	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Other

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