Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Career Fire Fighter/Emergency Medical Technician Dies from Injuries Sustained in Fall from Apparatus in California

摘要

On January 13, 2003, a 46-year-old female career fire fighter/emergency medical technician (EMT) (the victim) died from injuries she received after falling from a moving, open-cab engine. The engine was responding to a reported airport emergency with an officer and a fire fighter/driver in the cab, a fire fighter/paramedic and a fire fighter/EMT (victim) seated in the open-cab jump seats. While enroute, as the engine was rounding a bend and accelerating up a slight grade to enter a highway, the victim lost her balance and fell from the apparatus onto the road. The victim was treated at the scene for multiple traumatic injuries and transported to a local hospital. She died from her injuries five days after the incident. Recommendations were given to minimize the risk of similar occurrences.