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Personal Author:
Loflin, Murrey E. ; Tarley, Jay. ; Lutz, Virginia. ;
Loflin, Murrey E. ; Tarley, Jay. ; Lutz, Virginia. ; Less -
Corporate Authors:
Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (U.S.) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. ;
Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (U.S.) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. ; Less -
Description:
DHHS publication ; no. (NIOSH) 2014-120 Fire fighters are at significant risk for injury or death due to structural collapse during fire-fighting operations. Structural collapse often occurs without warning. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that the Incident Commander establish defensive operations and collapse zones when there is potential for a structural collapse during fire-fighting operations.
Subject:
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Accident-analysis
Accident-prevention
Accidents
Accidents, Occupational/mortality
Accidents, Occupational/prevention & Control
Emergency-responders
Fire-fighters
Fire-fighting
Fire-safety
Firefighters
Injuries
Injury-prevention
Mortality-data
Structure Collapse
Traumatic-injuries
Wounds And Injuries/mortality
Wounds And Injuries/prevention & Control

Source:
Workplace solutions
Document Type:
Pamphlet (or booklet) ;
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:5335bdc803738b7885249b58d8892e2795b22f5239e692115e5a025990b9e264
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