Military Airborne Training Injuries and Injury Risk Factors, Fort Bragg North Carolina, June-December 2010
Abstract
The Military Training Task Force of the Defense Safety Oversight Council funded a project to compare injury rates between the older T-10 parachute and the newer T-11 parachute. This is a preliminary report on injury incidence and injury risk factors with the T-10 parachute. From 17 June to 3 December 2010, injury and operational data were systematically collected on all jump operations performed by the 82nd Airborne Division (Fort Bragg, North Carolina) while using T-10D parachutes. Data on injured jumpers included injury diagnosis, anatomical location of the injury, and how the injury occurred. Operational data from flight manifests and flash reports included the date and time of the jump, type of jump (administrative/non-tactical (Hollywood) or combat load), unit involved, drop zone, entanglements, Soldiers? rank, jump order (order in which the Soldiers exited the aircraft), door side (right, left, tailgate), aircraft type, and time from redeployment to jump operation. Dry bulb temperature, humidity, and wind speed were obtained using a Kestrel(registered) Model 4500 pocket weather tracker. There were a total of 23,031 jumps resulting in 242 injured Soldiers for a crude injury incidence of 10.5/1,000 jumps. There were 12 entanglements for an entanglement incidence of 0.52/1,000 jumps. In 2/3 of the injury cases (n=160) an event associated with the injury was determined and these included ground impact (n=120), static line problems (n=17), tree landings (n=6), entanglements (n=6), aircraft exits (n=4), landing on equipment (n=2), dragging by parachute on ground (n=2), parachute risers (n=2), and lowering line (n=1). The incidence of static line injuries evacuated to the hospital (more serious) was 0.30/1,000 jumps, twice as high as the incidence of 0.15/1,000 jumps reported from 1994 to 1996 at Fort Bragg.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA545145
Entities
People
- Bria Graham
- Bruce H. Jones
- Joseph J Knapik
- Kevin Klug
- Kyle Hoedebecke
- Ryan Steelman
- Shawn Rankin
- Stanley Proctor
- Tyson Grier
Organizations
- United States Army Public Health Command