OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #779645
TRUCKEE MEADOWS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
CARSON CITY, NV·
Event description
Fire fighter burned during training exercise
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a fire fighter trainer, was issued old turnout clothing for a train ing exercise that involved extinguishing a fire. During the training exercise, h is upper arms were burned because they were not fully protected. Employee #1 was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)
- Part of body
- UPPER ARM (22)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- FIRE/SMOKE (16)
- Occupation
- Firefighting occupations (417)
- Human factor
- INSUF/LACK/PROTCV WRK CLTHG/EQUIP (20)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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