# Fractures at Ray Day Jr Logging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015053264` · 5/28/2015 · ELK RIVER, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Ray Day Jr Logging, Inc.
- **Location:** 5 Miles East of Elk River, ELK RIVER, IDAHO, 83827
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 7:00 am on May 28th, the employee (a choker setter) was unhooking the choker while another employee was felling a tree below. The tree fell hitting the skyline which ejected trees and the employee into the air. The employee sustained a broken left tibia and fibula when struck by the tree upon hitting the ground.

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