# Fractures at USDA Forest Service Avery, ID
> OSHA SIR `2022097877` · 9/4/2022 · AVERY, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Parachuting incident
- **Source:** Parachute
## Employer
- **Name:** USDA Forest Service Avery, ID
- **Location:** Cooper Point Fire: Idaho Panhandle NF, AVERY, IDAHO, 83802
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A smoke jumper had a hard landing and suffered a compression fracture to the back.

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