Concrete silo collapse: emergency medical services response to a mass casualty incident.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major incidents evolving from occupational accidents are very infrequent in Scandinavia and therefore, case reports are called for. On 26 November, 2024, a fatal occupational accident took place during the construction of a concrete silo in the small rural town of Flemløse (population 574), Denmark. Three people died and six were injured as the result of a collapsing concrete roof during construction. We aim to describe the incident response by the emergency medical services (EMS), to identify areas of improvement, and to evaluate the adherence to current national major incident guidelines and communication grids.

Case presentation

The initial call to the emergency medical dispatch center described an accident comprising fifteen injured persons, all of whom were m

SUBMITTER: Hansen PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11977906 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature