Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200901122 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Lightning

Accident Summary Nr: 200901122 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 07/03/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303771851	07/05/2002	1541	0	Mcdonald Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: On July 3, 2002, Employee #1 was working at the site of a new school digging trenches for foundation footings, placing reinforcing bars and vertical dowels into the footing trenches, and then pouring and working concrete into the footings. As they began to install the dowels, it started to rain. The job superintendent instructed workers to take cover. Employee # 1 and a coworker sought shelter in the cab of a dump truck. The job superintendent then went to the project trailer to perform paper work and to decide what to do for the remainder of the day. When Employee #1 and the coworker noticed that the rain had dissipated, they decided to try to finish installing the dowels into a recently-poured footer section before the concrete set. Employee #1 went to check the footing survey stakes and lines, while the coworker went to get some steel dowels. Approximately 10 minutes later, Employee #1 was struck by lightning and killed. The job superintendent discovered the incident when he drove to tell Employee #1 and the coworker to leave work because of the weather conditions.

Keywords: FOOTINGS, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, LIGHTNING, WET OPERATION, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303771851			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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