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U.S. Forest Service - Payette National Forest

Parachuting incident — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — MCCALL, IDAHO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at U.S. Forest Service - Payette National Forest in MCCALL, IDAHO
Employer U.S. Forest Service - Payette National Forest Report ID 2018065456
Address Payette National Forest City, State ZIP MCCALL, IDAHO 83638
Event Date June 4, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Hip(s)
Event Type Parachuting incident Source of Injury Aircraft unspecified
Secondary Source Trees
Industry (NAICS) 921190 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 45.13000, -115.88000

Incident Narrative

During a training event, a smokejumper clipped a tree with his parachute, resulting in a partially collapsed canopy and a hard impact to the dirt ground. The employee was hospitalized for a hip injury.

Incident Summary

On June 4, 2018, a worker at U.S. Forest Service - Payette National Forest in MCCALL, IDAHO suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the hip(s). The incident was classified as parachuting incident, with aircraft unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 8 severe injury reports involving "Parachuting incident" incidents in our database. Browse all Parachuting incident injuries.

See all reports for U.S. Forest Service - Payette National Forest.

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