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Inspection Information - Office: Tenn Pub Sec 2 | ||||
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| Nr: 309928224 | Report ID: 0454732 | Open Date: 05/31/2006 | ||
| Montgomery County-Ems | ||||
| Haynes Street Clarksville, TN 37040 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 9229/Public Order and Safety, Not Elsewhere Classified | ||||
| NAICS: 922190/ Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | LocalGovt | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 05/31/2006 | |
| Close Case: | 05/31/2006 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 100623917 | |||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 200623791 | Event: 05/25/2006 | Employee Dies Attempting Water Rescue | ||||
| At approximately 7:00 p.m. on May 25, 2006, Employee #1 and #2 were performing their duties as emergency rescuers and were attempting to retrieve two teenage males. The teenagers had been swept over a 40-ft dam in Ringold Creek, in Clarksville. Employees #1 and #2 were in a rescue craft trying to reach the two teenagers. Both rescuers were tossed into the water when the craft became caught in the turbulent water coming over the dam. Employee #1 was injured when he was trapped in the hydraulic (circulating undertow) in front of the dam. Employee #2 rescued Employee #1, pulled him to the bank of the creek and administered CPR. Employee #1 was treated at Gateway Medical Hospital, in Clarksville, then he was flown to Vanderbilt Hospital, in Nashville where he died on May 28, 2006. | ||||||
| Keywords: firefighter, dam, cpr, emergency response, river, drown, boat, water | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 309928224 | Fatality | Other | Medical scientists | ||