Career Fire Fighter Dies After Engine He was Driving Collides with a Tractor Trailer – Alabama

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• Personal Author:
  Bowyer, Matt E. ; Tarley, Jay L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
• Description:
  Death in the Line of Duty…a Summary of a NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation
  
  On November 28, 2005, a 25-year-old male career fire fighter died from injuries he sustained after the engine he was driving collided with a tractor trailer. The victim was alone while driving an engine with lights and sirens operating to a dispatched medical emergency on a highway. He was following a rescue truck with an officer and a fire fighter who were dispatched from the same station. The victim was approaching an intersection as a tractor trailer pulled out in front of him. The victim struck the tractor trailer and the force of the impact pinned him in the driver's seat. Rescue crews extricated the victim and flew him to a local trauma center where he died as a result of his injuries. NIOSH investigators concluded that, to minimize the risk of similar occurrences, fire departments should: 1. develop and document an inspection, maintenance, and repair schedule that includes verification of appropriate vehicle operation prior to the apparatus being placed back into service
  
  2. ensure that all repairs are performed by a qualified technician
  
  3. provide training to driver/operators as often as necessary to meet the requirements of NFPA 1451, 1500, and 1002. This training should incorporate specifics on intersection practices
  
  4. ensure that adequate numbers of staff are available to immediately respond to emergency incidents. Although it is unclear if the following contributed to this incident, State and local authorities having jurisdiction should: 1. consider installing intersection control devices on all emergency vehicles and selected traffic lights
  
  2. consider developing programs to require and policies to facilitate emergency vehicle drivers obtaining a commercial driver's license.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Automobiles Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Drivers Emergency-responders Fire-fighters Fire-fighting-equipment Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles OSHA Region 4 Safety-practices Surveillance Traumatic-injuries Work-practices

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• FACE - Firefighter:
  Cause of Death: Trauma ; Motor Vehicle: Emergency Vehicle
• Series:
  Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
• Subseries:
  Death in the Line of Duty Report
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFFFACEF200605
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031745
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-107663
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE F2006-05, 2007 Mar ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/11/28
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f72c6e9212f94db0a3baf8ad150beaa61e499ddb774ec71d47a40c9744aa847ba61e9c75863ef6a497840cc32f781c836f59092a67f0d1b69a583a5b0008db3f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/163663/cdc_163663_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 576.11 KB ]