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Location:
Colorado -
Date:
06/26/2009 -
Incident Type:
Hit by Tree -
Description:
On June 26, 2009, Brett Stearns, Engine Captain of the Bureau of Land Management's Little Snake Field Office's Engine 1613, was fatally injured as a result of traumatic injury incurred during a tree felling training exercise. This injury was directly caused by a section of tree that broke away from the main trunk during a felling demonstration and struck Mr. Stearns in the head and back.
Training, Hit by Tree
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