Police Officer Drives into Flood Waters and Drowns

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• Personal Author:
  McIntosh, DeAnna
• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  On Friday, March 2, 2018, a police officer was killed after driving his 2015 Ford Explorer into floodwaters while on patrol. On Monday, March 5, 2018, the Kentucky Labor Cabinet informed the Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program of the incident. On March 13, 2018, the Kentucky FACE investigator conducted a site visit. Photographs of the incident site and witness statements were taken at that time. Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include: 1. Weather. 2. Lack of physical barrier between road and creek. 3. Insufficient roadside lighting. 4. Possible overdriving of the headlights. FACE investigator concluded that, to help prevent similar occurrences: 1. County road department should install a roadway sign that warns of quick flooding during rain and close the road as quickly as possible with temporary barricades. 2. City government should consider installing streetlights approaching the flood plain. 3. Employers should ensure each employee is aware of roadway areas that flood during rainy season. 4. Employees should never overdrive their vehicle's headlights.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Emergency Responders Law Enforcement Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Drivers Emergency-responders Fatalities Injuries Injury-prevention Law-enforcement Law-enforcement-workers Motor-vehicles OSHA Region 4 Police Officers Surveillance Training Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Motor Vehicles ; Motor Vehicles - Law Enforcement Officers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE18KY007
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056794
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-101381
• 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, 18KY007, 2018 Nov ; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6bf6ebb14c2dc0024019da157d5ba7ce62b9b1c4be641424ec3637310f4141eff8541d79467af7e2ede3e66175c968b22be55fac1dc66edecac33a0a21101d01
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164943/cdc_164943_DS1.pdf
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