A 17 year old male ranch helper was struck by lightning while moving sheep between camps in a hilly area near the border of the state. The victim had left the safety of a sheepherder's wagon and was found lying under a tree, the victim of a lightning strike. He was brought to a nearby ranch house where CPR was administered. Ambulance personnel from a town 20 miles away arrived at the scene about 25 minutes after a 911 call had been placed, and transported the victim to an out of state hospital a few miles across the border. He was pronounced dead 3 and 1/4 hours after ambulance arrival.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Wyoming: Sheepherder Struck by Lightning in Wyoming, FACE-92-WY-013
1993
4 pages
Report
No indication
English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental & Occupational Factors , Agriculture & Food , Occupational safety and health , Accident analysis , Fatalities , Agricultural workers , Lightning , Injuries , Safety equipment , Warning systems , Work operations , Wyoming , Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation(FACE) , Shepherder