OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #735266
CITY OF COLUMBIA, FIRE DEPT.
COLUMBIA, SC·
Event description
FIRE FIGHTER DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FIGHTING A FIRE ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA , WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE WAS FOUND LYING INSIDE THE FRONT DOOR OF THE BU RNING BUILDING. THE FIREMEN WERE USING A WATER HOSE FROM THE FIRE TRUCK TO FIGHT THE FIRE. HIS FACE MASK WAS INTACT, BUT PULLED TO ONE SIDE OF HIS FACE. THE SEA L WAS THEREBY BROKEN, ALLOWING THE SMOKE TO ENTER HIS LUNGS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 417
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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