EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PRE-ASSEMBLED SECTION OF RAILROAD W/CHERRY PICKER, WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK THE RIG & TRAVELED THROUGH RIGGING TO EMPLOYEE. (EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON GROUND WHILE R.R. PIECE W AS BEING MOVED BY CHERRY PICKER.)
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