OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221380603

USDA FOREST SERVICE

LORDSBURG, NM· 2021-06-02T00:00:00

Event: Aircraft, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Face, Fall, Fire, Fire Brigade/Department, Fire Fighter, Fracture, Head, Rock, Skull, Unstable Surface, Walking Surface, Weather
NAICS: 115310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345472179
Employer profile: USDA FOREST SERVICE
Summary number: 221380603
Report ID: 0627500

Event description

Employee is killed firefighting after hard skydiving landing

Investigation abstract

At 4:46 p.m. on June 2, 2021, an employee was parachuting from a fixed wing aircraft conducting fire suppression efforts on a wildfire. Due to environmental conditions the employee landed outside the intended landing spot resulting in a hard landing. The employee suffered multiple fractures including a skull fracture and brain trauma and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
417

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