Career Fire Fighter Dies in Tanker Rollover – North Carolina

Details

• Personal Author:
  Romano, Nancy T. ; Lutz, Virginia
• 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 September 23, 2002, a 32-year-old female career fire fighter was fatally injured when the tanker truck she was driving overturned while returning to the fire station. The tanker truck drifted off the roadway onto the shoulder, causing the driver to lose control of the truck after she overcorrected to bring the truck back onto the roadway. The truck skidded across the roadway, entered a ditch, and overturned. The victim was entrapped in the truck and was pronounced dead on the scene. After an investigation of the scene was performed by the State highway patrol, the victim was extricated by emergency medical service personnel and transported to a local hospital. NIOSH investigators concluded that, to minimize the risk of similar incidents, fire departments should: 1. ensure that operators of emergency vehicles understand the vehicle characteristics, capabilities, and limitations to avoid losing control and skidding
  
  and, 2. enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) on the use of seatbelts in all emergency vehicles.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Automobiles Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Emergency Responders Fire Fighters Fire Fighting Equipment Injury Prevention Motor Vehicles OSHA Region 4 Traumatic Injuries
• 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/NIOSHFFFACEF200241
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; 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:20023493
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2003-107709
• 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 F2002-41, 2003 Jun ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2002/09/23
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:34a6a5676a46a55e4e7aa7775a33c56eaa7b711960cb6d9818efca094920a54bba93d5f9561a4ceb31f97a7c2c2208778b4e5c902a174fd68e5c81c3cbe24aa5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/163805/cdc_163805_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 153.51 KB ]