# Fractures at AKA Tree Removal
> OSHA SIR `2018099615` · 9/17/2018 · JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** AKA Tree Removal
- **Location:** 4551 Old Pendergrass Rd., JEFFERSON, GEORGIA, 30549
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up a chipper to a truck. The chipper was resting on a jack stand; the truck hit the chipper as it backed up and knocked it to the ground. As it fell from the stand, its neck/tongue hit an employee's lower leg, causing a spiral fracture.

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