OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #993055
BUFFALO CITY FIRE DEPT
BUFFALO, NY·
Event description
Fire fighter's face burned in fire
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:45 p.m. on December 17, 1987, Employee #1 and a coworker, bot h fire fighters, entered a burning building to rescue a man who was trapped on t he second floor. While they were performing the rescue, a flashover occurred and Employee #1 was engulfed in flames. As the coworker escaped through a window wi th the man who had been trapped, Employee #1 tried to escape through a hallway a nd stairs. He was extinguished by fellow fire fighters who were entering the bui lding. They removed his helmet, gloves, coat, and respirator, and pushed him to a waiting ambulance. He was taken to the hospital and admitted for treatment of facial burns.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 417
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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