Fractures

Name: Fractures at U.S. Forest Service-Coconino National Forest
Start: 6/6/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018065550 · 6/6/2018 · U.S. Forest Service-Coconino National Forest

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Trees

Employer

Name: U.S. Forest Service-Coconino National Forest
Location: 1824 S. Thompson Street, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, 86001
NAICS: 924120
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

The injured employee and a crew were prepping for a prescribed burn by cutting down dead and dying timber. The injured employee dropped a 25" diameter tree and the tree took an unusual spin on the ground and rolled over his lower leg. The employee sustained a puncture wound, a laceration and a fracture to his left tibia.

Source

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