Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Career Captain/Safety Officer Dies in a Single Motor Vehicle Crash While Responding to a Call in Kansas

摘要

On November 17, 2003, a 53-year-old male career Captain (the victim) died when the department car he was driving was involved in a single-vehicle crash. The victim was responding to a reported commercial structure fire when his car left the roadway, hit a tree stump, overturned, and slid into a utility pole pinning him in the vehicle. He was extricated from the vehicle and transported to a local medical center where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. Although the exact cause of the incident could not be substantiated recommendations are being provided as an example of good safety practice.