On December 17, 2008, a 59-year-old male volunteer fire fighter (the victim) was fatally injured when a tractor-trailer struck his parked privately owned vehicle (POV). The victim had responded to a weather related single motor vehicle incident on an interstate highway. The vehicle was traveling eastbound when the driver lost control, drove through the median into the westbound lanes, and rolled over onto the north shoulder of the westbound lanes. Upon his arrival to the scene, the incident commander (IC) advised the victim to position his pick-up truck upstream to warn oncoming traffic of the vehicle incident in the curve. He positioned himself upstream on the north shoulder of the westbound lanes and turned on his emergency flashers and roof-top light bar. The oncoming tractor, pulling two trailers, lost control when changing lanes causing the rear trailer to swing counter-clockwise. The operator swerved several times before the rear trailer struck the victims pick-up truck that was positioned on the north shoulder. The victim was not ejected from the vehicle and was found laying on the rear set of seats without his seat belt on. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include hazardous road conditions, the speed of the tractor-trailer, and nonuse of a seat belt by the fire fighter.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Volunteer Fire Fighter Sitting in His Parked Vehicle Warning Oncoming Traffic of a Motor Vehicle Incident was Struck and Killed by a Tractor-Trailer in Montana
2009
13 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Environmental Health & Safety , Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental & Occupational Factors , Industrial accidents , Accident analysis , Fire fighters , Motor vehicle accidents , Training , Protective measures , Cause of death , Recommendations , Accident prevention , Colorado , Injury prevention , Work operations , Safety education , Safety programs , Fatalities , Volunteer fire fighters , Tractor trailers , Pick up trucks