Hardware Store Explosion Claims the Lives of Three Career Fire Fighters - New York

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• Personal Author:
  Tarley, Jay L. ; Braddee, Richard W. ; Mezzanotte, Thomas P. ; McFall, Mark F.
• 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 17, 2001, a 50-year-old male career Fire Fighter (Victim #1), a 46-year-old male career Fire Fighter (Victim #2), and a 40-year-old male career Fire Fighter (Victim #3) died while performing interior suppression and exterior ventilation activities when an explosion occurred in the cellar of a hardware store, causing a structural collapse. Victim #1 and Victim #3 were removed from the debris after the collapse and transported to a local hospital where they were pronounced dead. Victim #2 was recovered from the cellar approximately 4 hours later and was pronounced dead at the scene. NIOSH investigators concluded that, to minimize the risk of similar occurrences, fire departments should: 1. ensure that pre-incident plans are updated and used on mercantile occupancies ; 2. ensure that fire fighters from the ventilation crew and the attack crew coordinate their efforts ; and, 3. ensure that fire fighters are trained to know the hazards associated with cellar fires and the precautions that can be taken to reduce serious injury. Additionally ; 1. Municipalities and building owners should consider requiring and modifying older structures to meet new building codes and standards to improve safety of occupants and fire fighters ; 2. Building owners should consider placing specific building hazard information on an exterior placard ; and, 3. Building owners should follow guidelines of the local authority having jurisdiction regarding the storage of hazardous/flammable materials and ensure that all existing safeguards are operational.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Emergency Responders
  • Firefighters
  • Fires
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 2
  • Fire-fighters
  • Fire-safety
  • Emergency-responders
  • Injury-prevention
  • Injuries
  • Accident-prevention
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Safety-practices
• FACE - Firefighter:
  Cause of Death Trauma (0004) ; Structure Fire (0011) ; Residential (0012) ; Miscellaneous (structure fire) (0017) ; Explosion (0060)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  Firefighter Fatality Investigation
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFFFACEF200123
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  16 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022517
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2003-104282
• 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 F2001-23, 2003 Feb ; :1-15
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS 2022)
• Start Date:
  2001/06/17
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/163844/cdc_163844_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 355.55 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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