Ash Creek Burn Injury 2012

On July 24th , sometime after 1400, a dozer operator sustained burns on his face, nose, ear and the right hand while working directly on the fire’s edge. The dozer was working with two hotshot personnel trying to flank a section of the fire that had slopped over control lines when the wind direction changed pushing the fire towards the dozer. The two hot shots stepped into the black and signaled the dozer to follow. As the dozer moved into the black the burn injuries occurred.