# Fractures at BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
> OSHA SIR `2015118678` · 11/16/2015 · ROSEBURG, OREGON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
- **Location:** Eight Miles East of Glyde, ROSEBURG, OREGON, 97470
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was felling a cedar tree with a chain saw.  A branch of the cedar tree hit an 8-inch maple tree.  When the tension was released,  the maple tree whipped back, knocking the employee to the ground.  The employee was hospitalized with a broken ankle, ribs, and shoulder, as well as a back injury. The employee was wearing PPE at the time of the incident.

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