Hispanic youth laborer died after being struck by lightning.

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE) ; Oklahoma. State Department of Health ; Oklahoma. Injury Prevention Service
• Description:
  A 16-year-old Hispanic general laborer for a landscaping company was struck by lightning on July 2, 2004. The work crew was manually moving several pallets of rocks from the bed of a dump truck into a front-end loader, which was positioned at the back of the truck. The victim was standing in the bed of the dump truck along with two other workers. Another worker was operating the loader, and the dump truck driver was standing on the ground beside the loader. A storm was approaching and there was light rain in the area at the time of the incident. The lightning strike injured the three workers in the back of the truck, and the truck driver was thrown at least 10 feet from the work area. Witnesses and volunteers from a nearby building responded quickly by calling 911 and rendering first aid. The three laborers were transported to a local hospital
  
  the victim died from his injuries 11 days later on July 13, 2004. Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE) investigators concluded that to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive written safety and health program, including procedures for inclement weather. 2. Ensure that all workers receive formal documented training on inclement weather policies and procedures in appropriate languages and literacy levels. 3. Ensure that a competent person evaluates the site before work begins and re-evaluates the site during the workday, in order to provide a safe working environment free of hazards to employees.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Health Promotion Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Health-programs Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 6 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-personnel Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Truck-drivers Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Hispanic ; Youth ; Temporary Worker ; Landscaping Services
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE04OK046
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028253
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2006-100404
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 04OK046, 2005 Feb ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1997/07/01
• End Date:
  2007/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:643ba23c2d07fa7a94e11d2a09cf347b9797ef2c4c7f9add4b791277fa1d162296d981633349f1fba23f75e9a75f6d9f5e7ca294c44da6d2f70fdc638328696a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166830/cdc_166830_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 55.80 KB ]