Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201185758 - Firefighter Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201185758 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 04/06/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312691058	05/25/2011	9221	922120	Sf-Fire Department Attn: B.C. Kirk Richardson

Abstract: On April 4, 2011, a firefighter was responding to a 3 alarm building fire with his battalion. The firefighter was standing on a standard 12 foot portable wooden ladder spraying water into a ceiling that was opened into the attic of the building. The firefighter had the hose line in his hand and charged with water. The normal operating pressure of the hose line was 75 psi. Upon opening the nozzle bale, the water pressure threw him off of the ladder, causing him to land on the battalion chief was standing close to the ladder, and then onto the ground. The firefighter was taken to the San Francisco General Hospital for treatment for compression of vertebrae L5 & S1 in his lower back.

Keywords: FIREFIGHTER, BUILDING, ALARM, FIRE, LADDER, HOSE, BACK, VERTEBRA, HAND, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312691058			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Firefighting occupations

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