# Fractures at Forest Service, Malheur National Forest
> OSHA SIR `2020087378` · 8/5/2020 · HINES, OREGON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Hills
- **Secondary source:** Boulders
## Employer
- **Name:** Forest Service, Malheur National Forest
- **Location:** 265 Highway 20 South, HINES, OREGON, 97738
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a boulder while working to extinguish a fire, causing the employee to fall approximately 20 feet down a hill. The employee suffered a skull fracture and lacerations.

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