Incident date: 2023-09-15
NAICS industry code: 561210

A ranger was performing back-country patrol duties while hiking. As they were climbing a technical rock patch, a rock handhold broke, causing the employee to fall approximately 15 feet before their belay engaged. The employee contacted a rock, resulting in a fracture to the right ilium as well as a subcutaneous hematoma to the right gluteal region.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
code_source: title: Mountains
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate