Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Career Lieutenant Killed Following a Walkway Collapse While Working to Evacuate a University Student Housing Building - Missouri, FACE-F2014-07.

摘要

On February 22, 2014, a 48-year-old male career lieutenant, attempting to evacuate a student housing building, lost his life after the walkway he was on collapsed. The lieutenant's department was dispatched for a reported roof collapse at a university student housing complex. The lieutenant arrived first with a crew of two on the department's snozzle apparatus. The lieutenant advised dispatch that nothing was showing and asked if they could confirm the address. The lieutenant and his fire fighter performed a walk around of Sides A, B, and D and a visual inspection of Side C before ascending a single flight of exterior stairs located on Side D along with a university police officer to access the exterior second-story walkway. The three of them began knocking on doors to speak with the occupants. The lieutenant walked past the other two, who were speaking with occupants through a window, to check on the next apartment. Suddenly, the outer edge of the concrete walkway gave way and the walkway swung down against the building, dropping the lieutenant to the sidewalk. The concrete walkway then broke away from the building and fell flat and upside down onto the sidewalk crushing the lieutenant. Lifesaving measures were immediately started after the lieutenant was extricated from underneath the walkway. The lieutenant was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.