# Fractures at Evergreen Timber, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212575` · 12/7/2018 · NEWTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Evergreen Timber, Inc.
- **Location:** Pine Bloom Plantation, NEWTON, GEORGIA, 39870
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a tree's root ball using a chain saw. The tree moved and pushed him against another tree resulting in fractures to both legs.

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