Incident in Cedar Creek Cave on Dec. 2, 1979

Date: 2nd Dec 1979
Publication: ACA 1976-1979 p. 75
Cave: Cedar Creek Cave
State: Tennessee
County: Unknown
Country: United States of America
Category: Cave
Incident type: Unknown
Group type: Cavers
Group size: Unknown
Aid type: Underground aid
Source: Unknown
Incident flags

Injured cavers

Name	Age	Sex	Injuries	Injured areas
Murphy, Francis	Not recorded	Not recorded	Fracture	Leg

Incident report

On Sunday, December 2, a group of cavers were in Cedar Creek Cave near Greenville, Tennessee. Beyond the Duckunder, a 200-foot water crawl with six inches of air space, Francis Murphy suffered a broken leg. The evacuation reportedly took six hours.

Incident analysis

Analysis: Too little information.

Summary

A caver suffered a broken leg in Cedar Creek Cave, Tennessee, and was rescued.

References

Reference: Editorial COG Squeaks October 1979.

Notes

COG Squeaks Oct79

This record was last updated on 27th Apr 2024 at 23:11 UTC.