Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201350295 - Employee killed when struck by lightning

Accident Summary Nr: 201350295 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 07/31/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301019709	08/04/1997	1542	0	Foley & Associates Construction Co

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on July 31, 1997, Employee #1 and three coworkers had finished pouring concrete sidewalks at a lake area. Minutes before a storm hit, their foreman told them to head for shelter in a trailer some 500 ft from where they had been working. They did not immediately leave for the trailer, however, because they felt the storm was not that bad. When the foreman came back to check on them, he saw them just leaving for the trailer. On their way there, Employee #1 was struck by lightning; the three coworkers felt tingles, but were not hit. CPR was immediately given to Employee #1, but he died.

Keywords: STORM, CPR, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LIGHTNING, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301019709			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Other

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