Bureau of Land Management

An employee was conducting fire suppression operations on a wildfire. He pulled a hose from the engine. He then charged the hose and began to put on his gloves. A flareup occurred and the employee sustained burns to his face and hands.

An employee was training and running and suffered rhabdomyolysis.

A firefighter was working on the line of a forest fire when they were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.

An employee had bent over to inspect a refrigerator. While straightening up, he tripped and fell to the floor, sustaining a broken hip.

An employee injured their back while lifting equipment. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was participating in a training when they began to experience muscle pain, resulting in rhabdomyolysis.

On August 18, 2025, an employee was lifting a box weighing approximately 30 pounds to prepare it for shipping. He turned to place the box on a bench behind him and felt a pop in his back that caused immediate pain. The employee was hospitalized for herniated discs and required surgery.

After completing a fitness test, an employee experienced lower leg pain and an inability to walk. The employee was hospitalized for compartment syndrome in both legs.

An employee was participating in special response team (SRT) tryouts and sustained rhabdomyolysis performing strenuous activities.

An employee had bent down to pick up two 80-ounce pans of cheesecake. When the employee stood up, they felt a pop in their back, and they were hospitalized with a back injury.

A smoke jumper parachuted out of a helicopter during a forest fire response, landed on steep rugged terrain, and suffered femur and rib fractures and a liver laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Employees were troubleshooting dual duct detectors in a room. The injured employee was on the second rung from the top of a forward-facing 12-foot A-frame ladder. He was reinstalling the duct detector in the furthest duct from him (18 inches). When he pushed the duct detector into the existing holes, the duct broke free and fell, striking his back and shoulders. He was knocked forward over the ladder and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a head injury.

An employee was descending an 8-foot A-frame ladder when he tripped over the fourth step/rung and fell, contacting the floor and a sprinkler pipe that was set on the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his left arm.

An employee working as a contracted firefighter was using a bulldozer to push back an active fire line when they became entrapped in flames, resulting in first- and second-degree burns.

An employee was training and running and suffered rhabdomyolysis.

An employee was assisting with pre-welding setup on pile structures at the fuel dock worksite. They were working to operate a come-along to align a waler to the pile. Due to limited leverage and restricted positioning within the man basket of the crane, the employee exited the basket to manually adjust the waler from the structure itself. During the task, wave height and frequency increased. A large wave struck the area, causing the pile braces and walers to shift. The employee lost their footing and grabbed the production pile edge. Their fingers on one hand were crushed between two structural steel piles. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingers and was hospitalized.

An employee was lifting a manhole cover when it fell on his right foot, resulting in the amputation of his big toe and the adjacent toe.

An employee was in a tunnel freezer, which was being turned on for the first time. The baffling for the evaporator fan got stuck in the siding. The employee ascended a 5'9"-tall cart to reach the raised baffling panel. The raised baffling shifted and dropped, trapping the employee's arm between the aluminum and foam core baffling. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the lower forearm/upper wrist and severed ligaments. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was training and running and suffered rhabdomyolysis.

An employee was slipping pipe when it became stuck and the pipe snapped, striking the employee in the back and ribs. The employee sustained fractured ribs.