OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #739607
LEX.-FAYETTE URBAN CO. GOV'T.
LEXINGTON, KY·
Event description
FIREFIGHTER FELL FROM FIRE TRUCK ON WAY TO FIRE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A FIRE FIGHTER, WAS RIDING IN THE RIGHT JUMP SEAT BEHIND THE CAB OF UNIT #1. THE FIRE TRUCK WAS RESPONDING TO A FIRE CALL AND HAD ALL EMERGENCY EQU IPMENT OPERATING. THE EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN OFF HIS AIR TANK TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMEN TS AND WAS TRYING TO PUT IT BACK ON. ABOUT THAT TIME THE FIRE TRUCK DROVE AROUND A CORNER AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. EMPLOYEE #1 COULD NOT HANG ON AND WAS THROWN FROM THE TRUCK ONTO THE PAVEMENT. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 417
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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