OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221654072
156288 - CITY OF LEXINGTON - FIRE DEPARTMENT
LEXINGTON, NC·
Event description
Fire fighter dies after fire
Investigation abstract
At 12:00 a.m. on March 26, 2024, firefighters were inside a house conducting firefighting operations on an actively burning structure fire. Firefighter A informed Firefighter B that he was going to pull more hose. Firefighter B lost visual, radio, and verbal contact with Firefighter A while inside the structure operating the nozzle. The employee representative called for an evacuation of the structure. Firefighters became aware that Firefighter A had not exited the structure, and a RIT located and extracted Firefighter A from the structure. Firefighter A was briefly treated by EMS personnel before being airlifted to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, where he died on March 29.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
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