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PHOENIX, Ariz. — The Phoenix Fire Department has been assessed a $95,000 penalty after the May death of firefighter Brad Harper .
The Industrial Commission of Arizona and the City of Phoenix released three separate reports Tuesday afternoon detailing the events of May 18, 2013, when 23-year-old Harper became pinned between two emergency vehicles after responding to a mulch fire near 39th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road.
Harper later died at a Valley hospital as a result of his injuries. The Industrial Commission cited the Phoenix Fire Department for two violations — a serious willful violation, because the department failed to use a spotter when backing up the emergency vehicles, and a regulatory violation because the incident resulted in the death of an employee.
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