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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2025065544 · 6/10/2025 · Custer Gallatin National Forest

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Trunk and other lower extremities
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Parachuting and nonpowered aircraft incidents
Source
Parachute
Secondary source
High winds, gusts, turbulence

Employer

Name
Custer Gallatin National Forest
Location
Little Dead Buffalo Jump Spot, WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA, 59758
NAICS
115310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing a proficiency jump during smokejumper training. Increasing wind and turbulent air caused the employee to have a hard landing; the employee suffered a fractured femur, a fractured right foot, and compression fractures to two lower-back vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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