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SAFENET ID:: 20180804-0001 [Corrective Actions]
Event Start Date:: 08/03/2018 1010
Event Stop Date:: 08/03/2018 1106
Incident Name:: Indian Creek Medical
Fire Number:: P1L1A1
State:: Idaho
Jurisdiction:: USFS
Local Unit:: NCF
Incident Type:: Wildland
Incident Activity:: Line
Stage of Incident:: Extended Attack
Position Title:: Fft2
Task:: Saw Work
Management Level:: 2
Resources Involved:: Crew

Contributing Factors

Contributing Factors:: Human Factors
Human Factors:: Decision Making, Risk Assessment, Fatigue, Situational Awareness
Other Factors:

Narrative

Describe in detail what happened including the concern or potential issue, the environment (weather, terrain, fire behavior, etc), and the resulting health issue.

FFT2 was not the assigned swampier. Reached in to pull on vegetation while the sawyer was cutting and received a cut from the saw on the palm side of hand.

Immediate Action Taken

Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.

The incident was talked about in the next operational morning briefing.

Agency Response

20180804-0001-CA001

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