# Fractures at METLAKATLA INDIAN COMMUNITY
> OSHA SIR `2019033338` · 3/29/2019 · METLAKATLA, ALASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** METLAKATLA INDIAN COMMUNITY
- **Location:** Hatcher Housing Site, METLAKATLA, ALASKA, 99926
- **NAICS:** 921110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was in a boom forklift that had a box attached to it cutting down a tree to clear power line. The employee was in the box. After cutting down the tree it fell towards him and he jumped from the box to avoid it. He fell on a ladder and fractured his leg requiring surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*