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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2022054657 · 5/29/2022 · Bureau of Land Management - Taos Field Office

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Aircraft incident, n.e.c.
Source
Helicopter
Secondary source
Water

Employer

Name
Bureau of Land Management - Taos Field Office
Location
35 38.195 N - 105 31.870 W (WGS 84), SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, 87501
NAICS
721211
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was performing firefighting duties on the ground when a helicopter above the employee dropped water onto the ground as a fire retardant. The employee was struck by the water, resulting in a broken jaw and facial lacerations. The employee also sustained lacerations to the right thumb and wrist that required stitches and left knee fractures as well as general bruising to the entire body.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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