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Accident: 1008523 - Fire Fighter Inhales Smoke

Accident: 1008523 -- Report ID: 0253630 -- Event Date: 12/30/1987
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10475898201/04/19889224Buffalo City Fd
At approximately 11:10 p.m. on December 30, 1987, Employee #1, a fire fighter, re-entered a burning 2 1/2 story wooden frame building to extinguish a fire in the attic. Apparently the breathing tube on his self-contained breathing apparatus ruptured, exposing him to smoke from the fire. He reached a nearby window where he was assisted down a ladder by fellow fire fighters. Employee #1 was hospitalized for 4 hours for treatment for smoke inhalation, and later released.
Keywords: firefighter, equipment failure, rupture, scba, smoke, smoke inhalation
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 104758982 Non Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Firefighting occupations

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