Incident date: 2025-05-09
NAICS industry code: 924120

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Multiple types of overexertions, bodily motion and position
code_source: title: Tools, instruments, and equipment  unspecified
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Lung(s), pleura
severity: moderate