Volunteer Fire Fighter Dies in Tanker Rollover – Ohio

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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 April 3, 2003, a 56-year-old male volunteer fire fighter (the victim) was fatally injured after the pumper/tanker he was driving to a brush fire overturned. The vehicle was heading east on a two-lane county road and had just rounded a left-hand curve when it drifted off the right side of the pavement. The vehicle then re-entered the road and crossed to the opposite side where it went off the road and overturned, trapping the victim. The victim initially was conscious and able to call in the crash, but died approximately 6 minutes later, before the arrival of the rescue squad. NIOSH investigators concluded that, in order to minimize the risk of similar occurrences, fire departments should: 1) provide training to driver/operators as often as necessary to meet the requirements of NFPA 1451, and incorporate specifics on rollover prevention in standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  
  2) develop and enforce SOPs on the mandatory use of seat belts in all emergency vehicles.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Emergencies Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Emergency-responders Emergency-response Fire-fighters Fire-fighting Fire-fighting-equipment Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 5 Safety-education Safety-equipment Training Traumatic-injuries

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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/NIOSHFFFACEF200315
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023904
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2004-101431
• 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 F2003-15, 2003 Oct ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2003/04/03
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:189858a790ea9248a649ba8ca5d7d4a0d25f3764e52a0693570931dfef881ddb02835f1d2bd47a2178b2088bd6607ab9efb75ac35500055a780d313f11b49a88
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/163794/cdc_163794_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 386.19 KB ]