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E494 PrimaryEmployee SafetyHazards <br />Distribution Injun• Se,,-erity Scores for Fnetruck Occupzm(t , ui Muter Vehicle Crashes <br />• Apparatus is 29 years old <br />• Employees unable to sit down in <br />apparatus <br />• Employees unable to be properly <br />seat belted <br />• Vehicle is not equipped with a <br />back-up camera to eliminate blind <br />spot <br />• Vehicle is not equipped with an <br />attack line on the front bumper to <br />avoid employees exposed to <br />being crushed when a vehicle <br />strikes the truck <br />• Vehicle not equipped with ABS <br />brakes <br />• Not equipped with "exhaust <br />engine braking system" <br />• NFPA 1901 Annex D -Refurbish or <br />replace vehicles built between <br />1979 and 1991* due to significant <br />change in safety standards <br />Injury Severity (2000-2009) <br />All Crashes (GES) <br />Fatal Crashes (T-4RS) <br />L'iatveightedCases <br />Weighted Frequency <br />Percent <br />Frequency <br />Percent <br />NoInjury (0) <br />786 <br />46,766 <br />81.5 <br />723 <br />46-Q <br />Possible Injury (C') <br />103 <br />2,548 <br />49 <br />77 <br />16_2 <br />Non -incapacitating Eiident Injury (R) <br />53 <br />1,048 <br />2.0 <br />89 <br />18.7 <br />IncapacitatingInjury(A) <br />41 <br />143 <br />1.8 <br />36 <br />7.6 <br />Fatal Injury (K) <br />4 <br />132 <br />03 <br />50 <br />10 <br />hijury,severity unlmonv <br />3 <br />88 <br />02 <br />0 <br />0 <br />unknown <br />7 <br />716 <br />1.4 <br />1 <br />02 <br />Total <br />997 <br />52,241 <br />100 <br />476 <br />100 <br />Distribution of the -Most Harmful Event in Firetruck Crashes <br />Most Harmful Event (20M-20109) <br />All Crashes (GES) <br />Fatal Crashes (EARS) <br />LrnuelghtedCases <br />Frequency <br />Percent <br />Frequency <br />Percent <br />Rollover/Overturn <br />14 <br />372 <br />12 <br />24 <br />49.0 <br />Collision Stith a Motor Vehicle in Transport <br />425 <br />23,254 <br />73.6 <br />10 <br />20.4 <br />Collision with a Parked Motor Vehicle <br />16 <br />3,512 <br />11.1 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Collision with a Sign Post, Utility Pole or Other Post <br />13 <br />2,074 <br />6.6 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Collision with a Tree <br />4 <br />875 <br />2.8 <br />7 <br />14.3 <br />Collision pith a Pedestrian <br />5 <br />119 <br />0.4 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Collision with an Animal <br />4 <br />521 <br />1.7 <br />0 <br />fl <br />Collision with a :ion -filed Object <br />3 <br />308 <br />1.0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Non -Collision Injury (Injured In or Fell From Vehicle) <br />1 <br />11 <br />0.04 <br />3 <br />6.1 <br />Pavement Surface Irregularity <br />1 <br />52 <br />0) <br />1 <br />2.0 <br />Other <br />11 <br />497 <br />507 <br />1.6 <br />4 <br />82 <br />Total <br />31.606 <br />100 <br />49 <br />100 <br />Source: Donoughe K, Whitestone J, Gabler H, (2012) Analysis of Firetruck Crashes <br />and Associated Firefighter Injuries In The United States; National Institutes of Health <br />