Incident:Injured Thigh in Three Corner Creek 2021/10/09

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Incident:Injured Thigh in Three Corner Creek 2021/10/09
Date 2021/10/09
Location Three Corner Creek
Severity Injury
Canyoneering-related Yes
SAR involvement No
Navigation problem No
Environmental problem No
Communication problem No
Planning problem No
Skills problem No
Body movement problem No
Rigging problem No
Rappel problem No
Insufficient gear No
Gear failure No

Summary

During ascending practice a rock fell striking the person on the thigh.

Accounts

We setup 2 ropes, one in the flow, a second on the dry anchor. Three descended in the flow and one person descended the dry rappel. Two people then ascended the dry rappel. The third started to ascend, he was 10 feet up and we think the rope dislodged a rock the size of a basketball. The rock fell striking the person ascending on the thigh causing a puncture wound. All of the people were able to walk out of the creek. The injury required cleaning and three stitches.