# Fractures at U.S. Forest Service-Coconino National Forest
> OSHA SIR `2018065550` · 6/6/2018 · FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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