GARDEN VALLEY, IDAHO—
Centennial Job Corps
Walking, without other incident-single episode · Multiple symptoms
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Centennial Job Corps, Lodgepole Prescribed Burn, GARDEN VALLEY, IDAHO 83622 on — Multiple symptoms, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
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Final narrative
A student wildland firefighter was being trained on a prescribed burn and was hiking up a 2.5 mile incline when he began to have a rapid heart rate and difficulty breathing. The student was hospitalized.
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