Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at USDA Forest Service Ranger Station
Start: 8/22/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025088389 · 8/22/2025 · USDA Forest Service Ranger Station

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Trunk and other lower extremities
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Parachuting and nonpowered aircraft incidents
Source: Parachute
Secondary source: Wildfire

Employer

Name: USDA Forest Service Ranger Station
Location: 200 Ranger Station Road, BIGFORK, MONTANA, 59911
NAICS: 922160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A smoke jumper parachuted out of a helicopter during a forest fire response, landed on steep rugged terrain, and suffered femur and rib fractures and a liver laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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