# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at USDA Forest Service-Payette National Forest
> OSHA SIR `2025054379` · 5/9/2025 · MCCALL, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lung(s), pleura
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Multiple types of overexertions, bodily motion and position
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** USDA Forest Service-Payette National Forest
- **Location:** 601 Mission Street, MCCALL, IDAHO, 83638
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was engaged in initial smokejumper training which includes physical fitness testing, tree climbing training, chainsaw and crosscut certification, as well as initial introduction to equipment and smokejumper-specific safety procedures. Some of the training involves carrying 110 pounds of equipment. The employee reported tightness in his chest and difficulty breathing. The employee was hospitalized with a lung injury.

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