OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221686710

HERNANDEZ CONSTRUCTION AND ROOF, INC.

QUINCY, FL— 2024-07-21T00:00:00

Event: Commercial Building, Construction, Lightning, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Roofer, Roofing, Storm, Struck By, Weather
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347647570
Employer profile: HERNANDEZ CONSTRUCTION AND ROOF, INC.
Summary number: 221686710
Report ID: 0419700
Project type: E
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies from multiple injuries when struck by lightnin

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on July 21, 2024, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing contractor was installing a single ply roof over an existing metal roof when a storm approached. As the crew was covering up their tools, the employee was struck by lightning. The employee died from multiple injuries due to the lightning strike.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 99 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
595

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