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Accident Summary Nr: 163563.015 - Fire fighter is killed due to asphyxiation

Accident Summary Nr: 163563.015 -- Report ID: 0253410 -- Event Date: 01/26/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1723926.015	02/08/2024		922160	Plainfield Fire Department - Headquarters

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on January 26, 2024, a fire fighter and Lieutenant fell while retreating from an attic fire. The fire fighter was reported to have fallen into the stairwell and may have become entangled on his bail-out cord. The firefighter was killed due to asphyxiation.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Entangled, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fire, Fire Brigade/Department, Fire Fighter, Smoke Inhalation, Stair

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Occupation
1	1723926.015	32	M	Fatality	Firefighting occupations
2	1723926.015	48	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Supervisors, firefighting & fire prevention occupa
3	1723926.015	36	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Firefighting occupations
4	1723926.015	35	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Firefighting occupations
5	1723926.015	60	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Supervisors, firefighting & fire prevention occupa

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