Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221442783

CITY OF OAKLAND/OAKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT

Event
Alarm, Elevator, Fire, Fire Fighter, Lung, Smoke, Smoke Inhalation, Unconsciousness
NAICS
922160
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345817399
Employer profile
CITY OF OAKLAND/OAKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT
Summary number
221442783
Report ID
0950614

Event description

Three employees incur severe smoke inhalation

Investigation abstract

At 4:34 p.m. on February 15, 2022, Employees #1, #2, and #3, firefighters, responded to a call of smoke from a structure fire. All three used the elevator to enter the floor where the alarm was going off. Smoke filled the elevator and Employee #1 and #2 were unable to don their masks and regulators and fell unconscious, but Employee #3 was able to. All three employees were taken to the hospital, where Employee #1 and #2 were kept for observation for severe smoke inhalation while Employee #3 was cleared after a day in the hospital.

Victims (3)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 36 F

    Event type
    8
    Occupation code
    7022
  2. #2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M

    Event type
    8
    Occupation code
    7022
  3. #3 Hospitalized Age 51 M

    Event type
    8
    Occupation code
    7022

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