# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Forest Service, Cottage Grove RD
> OSHA SIR `2019043385` · 4/1/2019 · COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Logs
## Employer
- **Name:** Forest Service, Cottage Grove RD
- **Location:** 34963 Shoreview Dr., COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, 97424
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was bucking a fir log when the tension released, launching the log into the air. The log landed on the employee, resulting in two fractured vertebrae in the neck, one back vertebra fracture, five broken ribs, a broken clavicle, a punctured and collapsed lung on one side, a partial collapsed lung on the other side, multiple contusions and scrapes, and a chipped tooth.

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