Incident date: 2025-08-22
NAICS industry code: 922160

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Parachuting and nonpowered aircraft incidents
code_source: title: Parachute
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate