# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at BLM Utah State Office
> OSHA SIR `2024065582` · 6/23/2024 · SEVIER, UTAH
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other aircraft incident  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Helicopters, powered rotary wing aircraft
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** BLM Utah State Office
- **Location:** Fishlake National Forest, SEVIER, UTAH, 84766
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was engaged in fire fighting operations on a mountain ridge and was receiving assistance from an airborne vehicle. The air vehicle was at a low elevation when the water drop or rotor wash from the air support caused trees to fall down. The employee was struck by a falling tree, resulting in fractures to their shoulder and face and a dislocated jaw.

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