Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Fire Fighter Recruit Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death During Physical Ability Training in Texas. February 12, 2003

摘要

On February 12, 2003, a 46-year-old male career Fire Fighter Recruit was performing the tower climb portion of his fire fighter recruit training. After reaching the sixth (top) floor of the training tower for the third time that morning, he began to have leg and neck pain. The pain was severe enough that crew members carried him down the stairs and onto the sidewalk. Shortly thereafter, he lost consciousness. The autopsy revealed 'cardiac hypertrophy,' 'biventricular dilatation' and 'cardiomegaly.' The death certificate listed 'cardiac hypertrophy' as the immediate cause of death.