Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 2001-0043-2844, Madison Fire Department, Madison, Wisconsin.

摘要

On October 25, 2000, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) to conduct a Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) at the Madison Fire Department (MFD). The request concerned the health and safety of fire fighters who responded to a fire at a plastics recycling plant on October 1, 2000. On December 11-14, 2000, NIOSH investigators traveled to Madison to conduct an incident and medical evaluation. The incident evaluation consisted of surveying the remaining structures at the fire ground, examining MFD policies and procedures, interviewing fire fighters who responded to the incident, and reviewing the following records: (1) MFD incident reports and witness statements, (2) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) report, and (3) material safety data sheets (MSDS) of the primary fuel sources. The medical evaluation consisted of: (1) interviewing fire fighters who responded to the incident, (2) discussing the current health and safety program with the Fire Department's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Director, (3) reviewing the 'first report of injury' forms associated with this incident, (4) reviewing injury reports from the on-scene Rehabilitation (Rehab) unit, (5) reviewing the responding ambulance and medical chart from the one hospitalized fire fighter, and (6) reviewing exposure monitoring conducted two days after the fire.