Fractures

Name: Fractures at St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Start: 6/20/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016065451 · 6/20/2016 · St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source: Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Location: Frontage road on Danbury reservation, DANBURY, WISCONSIN, 54830
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut a felled tree into sections once it was on the ground. The tree broke/snapped, and a section of the tree struck and pinned the employee's lower leg, causing multiple tibia and fibula fractures.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown