Volunteer Assistant Chief is Struck and Killed at Road Construction Site – Minnesota

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• Personal Author:
  Frederick, Linda J.
• 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 October 27, 2003, a 49-year-old male volunteer Assistant Chief (the victim) was fatally injured after being struck by a privately owned vehicle (POV) at a road construction site. At approximately 2145 hours, the victim and six other volunteer fire fighters responded in three fire apparatus to a reported smoking generator at a road construction site. Two of the three fire apparatus returned to the fire department. The victim and two other fire fighters remained with the brush truck to wait for a representative of the construction company. Upon leaving, the crew stopped to replace a road-closed barricade at the entrance to the construction site. Shortly thereafter, a civilian in a POV failed to make the turn necessary to detour around the construction site and struck the victim who was standing next to the brush truck. The victim was dragged about 60 ft and then trapped beneath the truck. He was declared dead at the scene. NIOSH concludes that, to minimize the risk of similar occurrences, fire departments should: 1. ensure that fire apparatus are positioned to protect fire fighters from traffic
  
  2. establish, implement, and enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) regarding safe work practices while responding to calls in or near moving traffic
  
  3. train personnel in safe procedures for operating in or near moving traffic
  
  4. ensure that when operating at an emergency scene, personnel wear high-visibility safety apparel suitable to the incident, such as a highly visible, reflectorized flagger's vest (e.g., strong yellow-green or orange).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Emergency Responders Firefighters Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Emergency-responders Fire-fighters Motor-vehicles OSHA Region 5 Safety-clothing Safety-measures Safety-practices Work-practices
• FACE - Firefighter:
  Cause of Death: Trauma ; Motor Vehicle: Struck-by
• Series:
  Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
• Subseries:
  Death in the Line of Duty Report
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFFFACEF200337
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:20025046
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2005-100146
• 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 F2003-37, 2004 Jun ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2003/10/27
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b4f1d3ff44c85c3036b76c6c9660efea4d5bb5af95a472afe00d9d659243acb2eeaf7f165aa222056f9196190c46022510283ad33789a81427b4d2486266d17a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/163772/cdc_163772_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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