# Fractures at Canfor Southern Pine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087779` · 8/23/2023 · MOULTRIE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Canfor Southern Pine, Inc.
- **Location:** 900 6th St NE, MOULTRIE, GEORGIA, 31768
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was assisting in the replacement of a cylinder for a de-barker's kicker at the crossover deck. The employee was using a chain hoist to re-position the log kicker when the log kicker suddenly moved, releasing the chain hoist. The log kicker fell and struck the employee's left leg causing an open tibia and fibula fracture.

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