# Fractures at Virco Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021104` · 2/6/2021 · SMITHERS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Logs
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Virco Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** Near Rt 60, SMITHERS, WEST VIRGINIA, 25186
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bucking a tree on the ground. The previously cut section moved unexpectedly and the employee's leg was caught between the previous section and the remainder of the tree, resulting in a broken lower leg.

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