Parachuting incident · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gila National Forest, 3005 E. Camino del Bosque, SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO 88061
on , Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
A smokejumper parachuted out of a plane to fight a wildfire. He had a hard landing on rocky terrain and suffered a skull fracture, a traumatic brain injury, facial fractures, a fractured neck vertebra, left-side pneumothorax, a broken left humerus, a broken left scapula, three broken ribs on the left side, a broken right tibia, and a shattered knee. He was hospitalized.