On November 19, 2001, a 21-year-old male volunteer fire fighter (the victim) died and a 32-year old male Assistant Chief (the driver) was injured when he lost control of the tanker truck he was driving on a steep mountainous road. The driver received injuries and was transported by medical helicopter to a state hospital where he was hospitalized and then discharged the following day. The victim was transported by ambulance to a regional hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE): Volunteer Fire Fighter Killed and an Assistant Chief Injured in Tanker Truck Crash, West Virginia
2002
10 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental Health & Safety , Fire fighters , Occupational safety and health , Motor vehicles accidents , West Virginia , Recommendations , Investigations , Death causes , Fatalities , Injuries , Tanker trucks , Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation(FACE)