OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690271
DALBO FIRE DEPT
DALBO, MN·
Event description
Fire fighter run over and killed by unmanned fire truck
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:00 p.m. on November 18, 1985, Employee #1 was fighting a car fire on the shoulder of a highway. He was helping manage the hoses for pumper #1 , which was located approximately 100 ft away from pumper #2, and down a slight incline in the highway. Pumper #2, which was unattended, rolled down the incline , striking Employee #1 and pumper #1. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 F
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 417
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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