OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1004019

CLOTHING,FIREFIGHTER,HEAD,FALL,SHARP TURN,LOST BALANCE

1986-12-06T00:00:00

Event: CLOTHING,FIREFIGHTER,HEAD,FALL,SHARP TURN,LOST BALANCE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 1004019
Report ID: 253690

Event description

Fire fighter killed in fall from moving fire engine

Investigation abstract

While responding to a fire call, Employee #1 lost his balance as he donned his t urnout coat. He fell to the pavement when the engine on which he was riding roun ded a turn. Employee #1 suffered massive head trauma and was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
29

Occupation code
417

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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