OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1007038
TROY FIRE DEPT.
TROY, NY·
Event description
Two fire fighters strain backs when truck overturns
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2, both fire fighters, were driving an aerial ladder truck to a fire scene. The brakes failed on a steep incline and they drove the truck up a n embankment to stop it. The vehicle's center of gravity shifted and the truck f ell onto its side. Both employees suffered back strains but neither was hospital ized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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