Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 1002831 - Employee collapses and dies while fighting fire
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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104945159 | 08/02/1990 | 9224 | 0 | Williamsville Fire Dept Main St #1 |
Abstract: At approximately 2:42 a.m. on July 17, 1990, Employee #1, a fire fighter, responded to a fire alarm sent to the Main Transit Fire Department Station #1. As Employee #1 preparing a ladder truck (disconnecting an air hose and electric wire), he collapsed. He was taken to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in Williamsville, NY. Employee #1 had suffered a myocardial infarction and died in the hospital at 10:45 on August 1, 1990. Employee #1 had been a fire fighter for 41 years and was a past chief of the department.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 104945159 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported |