SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH—
U.S. Forest Service
Multiple types of exertions and bodily reactions · Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at U.S. Forest Service, 851 West South Jordan Pkwy., SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH 84095 on — Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c., affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
A wildland firefighter was physically training for the job when he started feeling aches in the shoulder area. Later that evening he felt extreme fatigue, and body aches in the shoulder area and legs. The following morning, the employee was hospitalized with a muscular injury.
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