# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at U.S. FOREST SERVICE, BEND/FORT ROCK RANGER DIST.
> OSHA SIR `2016043093` · 4/13/2016 · LA PINE, OREGON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Axes, hatchets
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. FOREST SERVICE, BEND/FORT ROCK RANGER DIST.
- **Location:** Rd. 4720 @ Rd. 42, LA PINE, OREGON, 97739
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a small pine tree from the road using an axe. The axe went all the way through the tree and struck his right shin, causing lacerations and a small fracture. He was hospitalized.

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