Volunteer Fire Fighter Killed and an Assistant Chief Injured in Tanker Truck Crash – West Virginia

Details

• Personal Author:
  Romano, Nancy T. ; 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 November 19, 2001, a 21-year-old male volunteer fire fighter (the victim) died and a 32-year-old male Assistant Chief (the driver) was injured when he lost control of the tanker truck he was driving on a steep mountainous road. The driver received injuries and was transported by medical helicopter to a state hospital where he was hospitalized and then discharged the following day. The victim was transported by ambulance to a regional hospital where he was pronounced dead. NIOSH investigators concluded that, to minimize the risk of similar occurrences, fire departments should ; ensure that all drivers of fire department vehicles receive driver training at least twice a year ; enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) on the use of seat belts in all emergency vehicles.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Emergency Responders
  • Firefighters
  • Fires
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injury-prevention
  • Injuries
  • Firemen
  • Fire-fighting-equipment
  • Fire-fighting
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Emergency-responders
  • OSHA Region 3
• 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/NIOSHFFFACEF200139
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  West Virginia ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022113
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2003-101107
• 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 F2001-39, 2002 Sep ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2001/11/19
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/163866/cdc_163866_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 138.56 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6ca53c35414faddbd69075d83c396e699b4835f008895019a14c00589bf28c76baec289ded89e8c48e2b8ff0346ffd94b0559b63a1c225835367abd1a0d9f441