OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #981969
CONSTRUCTION,LIGHTNING,STRUCK BY
Event description
Employees killed when struck by lightning
Investigation abstract
At 1:30 p.m. on August 15, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 were performing constructio n work on a house when they were struck by lightning. They were killed instantly .
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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