Willow, AK ·
OSHA Injury Report: Station 12-6 Willow Fire
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at Station 12-6 Willow Fire in 8878 Mike Ardaw Road, Willow, AK 99688 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was district Fire Chief in ambulance and fire service combined.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Station 12-6 Willow Fire
- Parent company
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Street
- 8878 Mike Ardaw Road
- City
- Willow
- State
- AK
- ZIP
- 99688
- On-site location
- unknown- cumulative exposures
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
numerous exposures during fire fighting operations
What happened
employee was diagnosed with a malignant tumor of the prostate. This condition is recognized as a presumptive illness for firefighters under [REDACTED] which establishes a presumption that certain cancers and occupational diseases are work-related for firefighters meeting the statutory criteria. Employee has been a career firefighter with the Matanuska-Susitna Borough since [REDACTED] and previously served as a paid-on-call firefighter for several years prior to his full-time service. Throughout his tenure he has responded to thousands of fire incidents during which he has been repeatedly exposed to known carcinogens hazardous chemicals and combustion byproducts commonly associated with increased cancer risk in firefighters.
Injury or illness
Cancer to Internal Body
Object or substance involved
multiple exposures to toxic fumes chemicals
Summary line
Cancer to Internal Body caused by multiple exposures to toxic fumes chemicals
Employee and industry
- Job description
- District Fire Chief
- SOC code
- 33-1021: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
- NAICS code
- 922160: Ambulance and fire service combined
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 19
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 12,039
- Establishment ID
- 1472365
- Employer case #
- IN-202501
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-13
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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