OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14335509
VENTURE OUT RESORT
LOXLEY, AL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Investigation abstract
A NEW EMPLOYEE, HIRED AS A LABORER, WAS ASSIGNED TO MOW GRASS WITH A WALK-BEHIND MOWER. THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN NEARBY, AND A LIGHT RAIN BEGAN TO FALL. THE EMPL OYEE, HOWEVER, CONTINUED WORKING. AS HE WAS MOWING THE GRASS BENEATH THREE PINE TREES, A BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRUCK THE TALLEST OF THE THREE TREES. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS WITHIN 5 FEET OF THIS TREE, WAS ELECTROCUTED LESS THAN 2 HOURS AFTER HE STARTED ON THE JOB.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 32
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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