# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Forestry Environmental Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021470` · 2/12/2018 · HOOVER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Forestry Environmental Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Highway 150 Bridge Project, HOOVER, ALABAMA, 35244
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a section of a tree trunk with a chainsaw. As the employee finished the cut, the section of the tree fell and struck the employee resulting in a broken pelvis and internal injuries.

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