Incident date: 2024-06-23
NAICS industry code: 921190

An employee was engaged in fire fighting operations on a mountain ridge and was receiving assistance from an airborne vehicle. The air vehicle was at a low elevation when the water drop or rotor wash from the air support caused trees to fall down. The employee was struck by a falling tree, resulting in fractures to their shoulder and face and a dislocated jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other aircraft incident  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Helicopters, powered rotary wing aircraft
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate