Incident date: 2018-06-04
NAICS industry code: 921190

During a training event, a smokejumper clipped a tree with his parachute, resulting in a partially collapsed canopy and a hard impact to the dirt ground. The employee was hospitalized for a hip injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Parachuting incident
code_source: title: Aircraft unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate