Accident: 14411268 - Killed When Struck By Lightning

Employee #1 was erecting and bracing a first floor wall on the clubhouse of an apartment complex following a thunderstorm when he was struck by lightning. Employee #1 was killed.

construction, struck by, lightning, storm

Accident: 202043758 - Electric Shock & Burn - Direct Contact With Energized Parts

A power line worker had climbed a substation structure. Other employees on the site were not aware of the power line worker's activities, and the reason he climbed the structure was not known. The power line worker contacted or got too close to a 46-kilovolt lightning arrestor and received an electric shock. Upon hearing the electric arc, the other employees looked up and saw the injured worker being thrown from the structure, engulfed in flame. The coworkers rendered first aid and summoned emergency medical services. The injured employee was hospitalized with burns over 40 to 45 percent of his body.

electric shock, electrical, burn, elec utility work, power line worker, clothing, electric arc, lightning arrester, e ptd

Accident: 201350295 - Killed When Struck By Lightning

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.

construction, storm, lightning, cpr, work rules, struck by