Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119061.015 - Employee is killed when struck by lightning

Accident Summary Nr: 119061.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 08/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1424298.015	08/19/2019		237310	R & S Paving & Grading, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:40 p.m. on August 15, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a roadwork construction company, were installing drain pipes in a trench adjacent to a future road, a multiemployer construction project. A light rain was falling. As Employee #1 moved along the trench, he was struck by lightning. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Construction, Drain Pipe, Electrocuted, Front End Loader, Installing, Lightning, Road Paving, Struck By, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1424298.015	27	M	Fatality		Equipment Operator: Heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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