Farm Worker Dies from Burns received while Fighting Range Fire

Details

• Personal Author:
  McKenzie, Lyle E.
• Corporate Authors:
  Colorado Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Colorado FACE) ; Colorado. Department of Public Health and Environment
• Description:
  A 74-year-old male farm worker died at a local hospital from burns that he incurred while fighting a range fire. The victim was using a tractor equipped with a blade to create a fire break. As he neared the edge of the field he turned the tractor into the wind to come back across the field. As he executed the turn, the wind-driven range fire overtook the tractor. The victim jumped from the vehicle into the burning grass. The victim's clothing caught fire and he suffered 2nd and 3rd degree over 40% of his body. The CDH investigator concluded that, in order to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive safety program that includes worker training in recognizing and avoiding hazards including those associated with fire fighting.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Agriculture
  • Burns
  • Farmers
  • Firefighters
  • Fires
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  More +
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 8
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Work-operations
  • Work-analysis
  • Work-areas
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE90CO018
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028537
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2009-108988
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 90CO018, 1990 Sep ; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1992/09/30
• End Date:
  1997/09/29
• Resource Number:
  FACE-90CO018
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166566/cdc_166566_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.76 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2eebe030ddc6a2bf4283a6f234f2838fa1ea51932e60b822919820e8e1832a5ca3eb53b02e06f60a68282f10da019ef4b16b70b80f071f59453ae6dd47e5868e