| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-07 | Porterville | California | U.S. FOREST SERVICE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| A firefighter was cutting line with the crew around spot fires in very steep terrain. A burning log rolled on top of the firefighter pinning him to the burning ground. The firefighter could not remove the log and neither could a crew member who tried to assist. The firefighter suffered second degree burns to 23 percent of his back and third degree burns to seven percent of his right shoulder, chest, stomach and back of legs. | |||||
| 2015-01-14 | Porterville | California | U.S. Postal Service | Lung(s), pleura | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| On 1/14/15, an employee on his mail route accidentally swallowed a pen cap. The pen cap traveled to the employee's lung. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||