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Incident	Canyoneering?	Severity	Date
Incident:Broken leg in Cañon del Infiernillo 2024/11/04	true	Injury	2024-11-04
Man falls in Heaps Canyon	true	Fatality	2024-10-06
Dental trauma in North Fork Kaweah (Lower)	true	Injury	2024-09-02
Incident:3 Drowned in Whirlpool in Seven Teacups 2024/08/23	true	Fatality	2024-08-23
Incident:Broken Ankle in Uncompahgre River (Upper) 2024/08/17	true	Injury	2024-08-17
Broken Calcaneus - Monmouth	true	Injury	2024-08-03
Down climbing fall in Mesatchee Creek	true	Injury	2024-07-26
Mineral Broken Ankle	true	Injury	2024-07-17
Incident:3 Rescued - Stuck in Zero G Canyon 2024/07/16	true	No loss	2024-07-16
Incident:Broken leg after anchor failing in Horsetank Wash 2024/06/15	true	Injury	2024-06-15
Incident:Pitch 5 - not enough rope in Yeah Baby Canyon 2024/06/10	true	No loss	2024-06-10
Incident:Crushed finger in Monkeyface Creek 2024/05/03	true	Injury	2024-05-03
Incident:Rock Fall in canyon in Yankee Doodle Hollow 2024/04/20	true	No loss	2024-04-20
Incident:Fractured Tibia in Black Hole of White Canyon 2024/04/19	true	Injury	2024-04-19
Broken ankle in Mordor classico	true	Injury	2024-02-28
Incident:Cliffed Out in Eaton Canyon 2023/09/17	true	No loss	2023-09-17
Incident: in Ladder Creek 2023/08/27	true	Fatality	2023-08-27
Incident:The canyoneer rappelled off the end of his or her rope on the Great White Icicle and fell 300 feet, resulting in fatal injuries in Great White Icicle 2023/06/04	true	Fatality	2023-06-04
Incident:Two Dead in Buckskin Gulch 2023/05/20	true	Fatality	2023-05-20
Incident:Near Drowning in Cussed Hollow 2023/05/20	true	No loss	2023-05-20
Incident:Fractured + sprained foot in Bangalore Canyon 2023/05/01	true	Injury	2023-05-01
Incident:Exhaustion in The Squeeze 2023/04/15	true	No loss	2023-04-15
Incident:Swept Over Waterfall in Eaton Canyon 2023/03/20	true	No loss	2023-03-20
Incident:Two Dead, 11 Rescued in Buckskin Gulch 2023/03/12	true	Fatality	2023-03-12
Dog bite exiting LSA	false	Injury	2023-01-15
Solo Canyoneer Fall in Mosaic	true	Fatality	2022-12-03
Incident:Death fall - rope too short in Mosaic Canyon (West Fork) 2022/11/25	true	Fatality	2022-11-25
Fall from Keekwulee Falls	false	Fatality	2022-10-09
Broken Ankle in Parkett	true	Injury	2022-09-21
Incident:Broken Ankle in Palisade Canyon 2022/07/30	true	Injury	2022-07-30
Incident:Foot Entrapment in Lost Creek 2022/06/29	true	No loss	2022-06-29
Incident:Fall hazard in Hager Canyon 2022/06/25	true	No loss	2022-06-25
Incident:Pulled muscle in corkscrew slide in Seven Teacups 2022/04/30	true	Injury	2022-04-30
Incident:Broken leg in Frye Creek Canyon (S'mores) 2022/04/24	true	Injury	2022-04-24
Incident:Broken Leg in Frye Creek Canyon (S 2022/04/24	true	Injury	2022-04-24
Incident:Dislocated/broken/torn shoulder, broken back in Salmon Creek (Lower) 2022/04/23	true	Injury	2022-04-23
Incident:Blown knot chock - near miss in Jacob's Ladder 2022/04/14	true	No loss	2022-04-14
Incident:Fall Resulting in Fatality in Sierra Canyon 2021/12/30	true	Fatality	2021-12-30
Incident:One dead, Two Rescued in Heaps Canyon 2021/05/14	true	Fatality	2021-11-29
Incident:Mountain Lion Encounter in Sanctuary Canyon 2021/11/12	false	No loss	2021-11-12
Incident:Injured Thigh in Three Corner Creek 2021/10/09	true	Injury	2021-10-09
Incident:Badly torn calf muscle in Little Santa Anita Canyon 2021/10/03	true	Injury	2021-10-03
Incident:Wasp sting in LeBar Creek 2021/07/04	false	No loss	2021-07-04
Incident:Laceration in Change Creek 2021/06/20	true	Injury	2021-06-20
Incident:Fall - Mild concussion and sprained wrist in Rattlesnake Canyon (Joshua Tree National Park) 2021/06/02	true	Injury	2021-06-02
Broken leg/ankle in Cristopher Creek	true	Injury	2021-05-16
Incident:Fatality in Willow Creek Canyon 2021/04/04	false	Fatality	2021-04-04
Rockfall in Deimos	true	Fatality	2021-01-30
Fatalities in Wollangambe 1	true	Fatality	2021-01-03
Incident:Sprained ankle in Dingford Creek 2020/09/06	true	Injury	2020-09-06
... further results

External links

• Bogley thread on fatal canyoneering accidents
• A non-public accident database solicited submissions in 2012

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