# Blisters at U.S. Forest Service
> OSHA SIR `2022087177` · 8/13/2022 · POLSON, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Blisters
## Cause
- **Event:** Forest or brush fire
- **Source:** Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Forest Service
- **Location:** Elmo Fire, POLSON, MONTANA, 59860
- **NAICS:** 115310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A blister on a wildland firefighter's hand became infected. He was hospitalized.

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