Volunteer Assistant Chief Dies in Tanker Rollover – New Mexico

Details

• Personal Author:
  Berardinelli, Stephen P. Jr. ; Lutz, Virginia ; Farmer, Ann
• 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 June 26, 2003, a 46-year old male volunteer Assistant Chief (the victim) was fatally injured after being ejected from a water tanker as a result of a rollover crash. The victim was traveling to a wildland fire on an unpaved road within a National Forest. The tanker failed to negotiate a curve, rolled over, left the road, and rolled several more times down into a canyon. The victim was ejected from the cab during the rollover and was found lying unresponsive on the ground. He was pronounced dead at the scene. NIOSH investigators concluded that, to minimize the risk of similar occurrences, fire departments should: 1) determine a safe operating weight for water tankers based on vehicle characteristics and remove overweight vehicles from service
  
  2) develop comprehensive apparatus maintenance programs and guidelines that include regularly scheduled inspections, documentation, and procedures for removing apparatus from service until major defects are repaired
  
  3) ensure that all fire apparatus are equipped with seat belts
  
  4) Additionally, States should consider developing a vehicle inspection and maintenance program prior to distributing surplus military vehicles to the fire service.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Firefighters Fires Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Fire-fighters Fire-safety Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 6 Safety-belts Safety-education Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries

  More +
• FACE - Firefighter:
  Cause of Death: Trauma ; Wildland Fire ; 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/NIOSHFFFACEF200323
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  1-9
• Contributor:
  Farmer, Ann
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024087
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2004-102402
• 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 F2003-23, 2003 Nov ; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2003/06/26
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:331aae2eb9e7ebc90590532f4d7117097fa5be1a83a0e534a59f4331f24ad0afc0e3c972b330e069cf5c41f38365db64ff7ed464142766734d2c863f3a037aca
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/163788/cdc_163788_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 591.34 KB ]