# Fractures at Forest Service - Payette National Forest
> OSHA SIR `2024054627` · 5/27/2024 · MCCALL, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Parachuting and nonpowered aircraft incidents
- **Source:** Parachute
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Forest Service - Payette National Forest
- **Location:** 500 N Mission, MCCALL, IDAHO, 83638
- **NAICS:** 922160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During a practice jump while training, a smoke jumper landed hard on the ground with most of the force on their head and neck area. They sustained a fracture to the T4 vertebra which required hospitalization and surgery.

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