Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Gila National Forest
Start: 5/24/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021054215 · 5/24/2021 · Gila National Forest

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Parachuting incident
Source: Parachute

Employer

Name: Gila National Forest
Location: 3005 E. Camino del Bosque, SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO, 88061
NAICS: 924120
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

A smokejumper parachuted out of a plane to fight a wildfire. He had a hard landing on rocky terrain and suffered a skull fracture, a traumatic brain injury, facial fractures, a fractured neck vertebra, left-side pneumothorax, a broken left humerus, a broken left scapula, three broken ribs on the left side, a broken right tibia, and a shattered knee. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown