# Crushing injuries at Kirk Short Logging
> OSHA SIR `2017098435` · 9/1/2017 · SAINT MARIES, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Kirk Short Logging
- **Location:** I-90, Stimson Lumber Land, SAINT MARIES, IDAHO, 83861
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming tree branches when a tree behind him fell on and crushed him.

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