Multiple types of overexertions, bodily motion and position · Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at USDA Forest Service-Payette National Forest, 601 Mission Street, MCCALL, IDAHO 83638
on — Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels , affecting the Lung(s), pleura.
Final narrative
An employee was engaged in initial smokejumper training which includes physical fitness testing, tree climbing training, chainsaw and crosscut certification, as well as initial introduction to equipment and smokejumper-specific safety procedures. Some of the training involves carrying 110 pounds of equipment. The employee reported tightness in his chest and difficulty breathing. The employee was hospitalized with a lung injury.
Hospitalized Lung(s), pleura Tools, instruments, and equipment unspecified
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