Incident date: 2022-05-10
NAICS industry code: 924120

An employee was engaged in fire line construction that required digging and scraping with a Pulaski axe. The employee began experiencing fatigue and muscle cramping. The day prior, the employee completed smokejumper physical fitness testing. The employee was transported to the hospital with a heat-related muscular injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
code_source: title: Axes, hatchets
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate