Parachuting and nonpowered aircraft incidents · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Custer Gallatin National Forest, Little Dead Buffalo Jump Spot, WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA 59758
on , Fractures, affecting the trunk and other lower extremities.
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Final narrative
An employee was performing a proficiency jump during smokejumper training. Increasing wind and turbulent air caused the employee to have a hard landing; the employee suffered a fractured femur, a fractured right foot, and compression fractures to two lower-back vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedTrunk and other lower extremitiesParachute