Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1094095.015 - Bergen Fire Dept

Inspection Information - Office: Nys Dol Pesh Rochester

Investigation Summary

At approximately 7:15 a.m. on September 23, 2015, an employee was working as a fire fighter and EMT for a town's fire department. He was in the passenger seat of an ambulance operated by the fire department. The ambulance was responding to a call and it struck a backhoe owned by another town near an intersection of two roads. Both vehicles were traveling in the eastbound lane on the same road. The ambulance struck the backhoe's boom, bucket arm, and bucket. The employee sustained severe trauma to multiple body parts and he was killed.

Keywords: Backhoe, Backhoe Boom, Backhoe Bucket, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Crushing, Emergency Response, Fire Fighter, Struck By, Traffic Accident