Fractures

Name: Fractures at National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior
Start: 12/13/2023

1 hospitalization · 20231211350 · 12/13/2023 · National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source: Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified

Employer

Name: National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior
Location: NTP, ETHEL, MISSISSIPPI, 39067
NAICS: 924120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Source

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