Junior Volunteer Fire Fighter Dies in Tanker Rollover – Tennessee

Details

• Personal Author:
  Frederick, Linda J. ; Guglielmo, Carolyn
• 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 5, 2002, a 17-year-old male volunteer fire fighter (the victim) was fatally injured after the tanker truck he was driving overturned while responding to a brush fire. The tanker was traveling south on a two-lane county road when it drifted off the right side of the road, causing the driver to lose control. The driver tried to correct the direction of travel of the tanker but was unable to recover. The tanker went down a slight embankment and overturned trapping the victim. The victim was extricated and then transported to a local hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced dead. NIOSH investigators concluded that, in order to minimize the risk of similar occurrences, fire departments should: 1. prohibit driving by fire fighters less than 18 years of age and revise existing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for driving fire apparatus so that they reflect insurance guidelines
  
  2. ensure that the radio in the driving compartment is within convenient reach for the driver
  
  and, 3. incorporate specifics on rollover prevention in SOPs and driver training. Additionally, States should consider developing a junior fire fighter and emergency service program that addresses the tasks that minors are permitted to perform in the fire service.
  
  
• 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/NIOSHFFFACEF200239
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  Tennessee ; 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:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023492
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2003-107708
• 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 F2002-39, 2003 Jun ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2002/09/05
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3490fd617864ef7828268c403da7da9f652be9a71364f1c941d91543991592d1f31a407fd77c66aebab2070ce84cacebb22f35e1d07aaf48402b539f7173e095
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/163806/cdc_163806_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 111.12 KB ]