A skydiver was seriously injured in Lebanon on Monday when he didn’t slow his parachute before landing.

Manny Silva, 57, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, was jumping with Skydive New England, a Lebanon-based skydiving company, when he failed to “flare” his parachute – the technique skydivers use to slow their forward motion before landing – and hit the ground “extremely hard,” York County Sheriff Bill King said in a statement.

Silva took a “hard landing” around 12 p.m., the company said in a statement Monday night. They added that he had 33 prior jumps.

His parachute appeared to deploy normally and showed no signs of malfunctioning, according to witnesses on the scene, the company said.

“However, at an altitude of approximately 300 feet, the skydiver stopped actively flying the parachute for unknown reasons,” the company said in the release.

When police arrived, Silva was alert, conscious and talking. He was brought to the hospital by Life Flight with serious but not life-threatening injuries, King said.

The sheriff did not respond to questions Monday afternoon about which hospital Silva was brought to, if he was skydiving alone and where he landed.

Skydive New England said Silva was brought to Maine Medical Center, but the extent of his injuries remains unknown.

Skydive New England has its own runway in town, where it uses a 900-horsepower Blackhawk Caravan to take people up for skydiving trips, according to the company’s website. The company is a member of the United States Parachute Association and adheres to safety guidelines from the Federal Aviation Administration. Its drop zone, where the skydivers land, is the biggest in New England, according to the website.

The company said it would conduct a “thorough follow-up” and wished the Silva a quick recovery.

“We are grateful to our highly trained staff, local emergency responders, and the wider community for their swift assistance and outpouring of support during this incident,” Skydive New England said in its statement. “The safety of our guests is our top priority, and we are committed to providing a safe and supportive environment for all of our skydivers.”