Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

Other fall to lower level unspecified — Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries — LOVELL, WYOMING

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area in LOVELL, WYOMING
Employer Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Report ID 2025054373
Address Near Barry's Landing Junction about a 1/4mi City, State ZIP LOVELL, WYOMING 82431
Event Date May 9, 2025 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries Body Part Head and extremities
Event Type Other fall to lower level unspecified Source of Injury Hills, mountains
Secondary Source Hills, mountains
Industry (NAICS) 712190 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 44.82000, -108.39000

Incident 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.

Incident Summary

On May 9, 2025, a worker at Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area in LOVELL, WYOMING suffered surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries to the head and extremities. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level unspecified, with hills, mountains identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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