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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690271

FIREFIGHTER,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,UNMANNED,FIRE TRUCK,RUN OVER

Event
FIREFIGHTER,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,UNMANNED,FIRE TRUCK,RUN OVER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
690271
Report ID
552700

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

  1. #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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