Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries

Name: Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries at Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Start: 5/9/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025054373 · 5/9/2025 · Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and extremities
Nature of injury: Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level unspecified
Source: Hills, mountains
Secondary source: Hills, mountains

Employer

Name: Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Location: Near Barry's Landing Junction about a 1/4mi, LOVELL, WYOMING, 82431
NAICS: 712190
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was offroad, looking for a lost hiker. The employee fell off a canyon rim edge and landed on rimrock 5 or 6 feet below, suffering a separated shoulder and a head injury that required stitches. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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