On March 17, 2000, a 31-year-old male career fire fighter/engineer (the victim) died after the apparatus (Truck 1) that he was driving collided with an Amtrak train. The victim was returning from a false alarm. On March 20, 2000, the U.S. Fire Administration notified the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of this incident. On March 31, 2000, two Safety and Occupational Health Specialists from the NIOSH, Division of Safety Research, investigated this incident. This is a summary report of the incident.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Motor Vehicle Incident Involving Amtrak Train Claims Life of Career Fire Fighter/Engineer in North Carolina
2000
16 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental & Occupational Factors , Fire fighters , Fatalities , Accident investigations , Recommendations , North Carolina , Railroad grade crossing accidents , Amtrak , Collisions , NIOSH , False alarms