# Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c. at Forest Service, Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
> OSHA SIR `2022054098` · 5/10/2022 · GRANGEVILLE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
- **Source:** Axes, hatchets
- **Secondary source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Forest Service, Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
- **Location:** 1005 HIGHWAY 13 EAST, GRANGEVILLE, IDAHO, 83530
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*