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Backbone Fire Fall Laceration to Hand 2021

  • Location:

    Arizona
  • Date:

    06/25/2021
  • Incident Type:

    Fall
  • Description:

    An Interagency Hotshot Crew member on the Backbone Fire on the Coconino National Forest, Arizona, tripped and fell, causing a laceration to the hand by the tool being carried. An ambulance transported the patient to Life Flight. The patient was treated and released back to work. 

    [This data was provided by the USFS Weekly Summary Report.]

    Medical Emergency, Hand Crews, Fall