Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Forest Ranger/Fire Fighter Drowned after Catastrophic Blow-Out of Right Front Tire in Florida.

摘要

On March 3, 2004, a 40-year-old male forest ranger (the victim) died after he lost control of the brush truck he was driving to a controlled burn. The truck experienced a catastrophic blow-out of the right front tire, left the road, struck a culvert and overturned. It came to rest on its roof in a ditch filled with approximately 2 feet of water. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.