Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201280328 - electric shock - lightning

Accident Summary Nr: 201280328 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 09/10/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300971488	09/11/1997	1521	0	Mejia General Contracting Inc.

Abstract: Two employees were installing plywood decking to the roof of a three-story house at a residential construction site. A thunderstorm appeared unexpectedly, and lightning struck the two employees. One of them was electrocuted. The other received an electric shock and fell from the roof. (The original form did not list the nonfatally injured employee on an injury line.)

Keywords: ROOF, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, LIGHTNING, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300971488			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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